What We Are Poem by Raymond Magabe

you were supposed to be my 'amigo para siempre'
my food for the soul,
beat for the heart,
thought for the head,
making life easy like Albany sliced bread.

what happened...
what happened last night
when your silence betrayed our friendship?
I called for you and you did not answer.

what happened...
what happened in between sheets
of natural clouds on our way to cloud nine?
did I loose track of your rhythm
so as to have you singing to another man's tune.

what happened...
did you forget me in your dreams
only to wake up and have me be a pest to your reality?
was I a mere thorn in your rosy dreams?

last night I died in your arms
when you gave me that hug good night.
I felt my heartbeat fade with the realisation
that we could never be more than what we are.

a future in your presence I seek,
but the truth of its nature makes my knees weak.