Our Song Poem by Raymond Magabe

I forgot the words to our song
When I was falling out of love with you.
That melodic pentameter lost tune
And the serene faded from within its rhythm

Like a spider from a single threaded web
I hung on to the pleasures in our past,
And within your current present
I took refuge in the warmth of our memory.

There is nothing left that’s worth smiling for now,
For in those words of the blues I find in the rhythm
Your smile no longer gives me strength,
I am a better me without you.

On the quest of realizing your dreams
The fairytale of us was killed.
Selfish was I to wish your commitment only to myself
When a vision claimed so much more.

I now hear it play in distant monotones of thoughts
This song we so cherished as our own