–From my heart to yours–Gboyega Otolorin–June 2011.
He walked up to Charity
Said to her ‘I love you’
Because he wanted to prove a point
Because they told him he couldn’t get her
They told him Charity was a church sister
Who always said her virginity
Would go to her husband
Her earthly lord and master
Charity looked at him
A sad smile
‘You don’t know the first thing about love’
She said
‘Let me teach you’
“Love suffers long, it is patient
So I ask
Will you still be here
If I am crippled, and stinking, and vile
And dying of AIDS?
Love is kind
It is not cruel
It does not wish to dominate
Other people
Love does not envy
And that is why you are here
Isn’t it
I have something
Something you lost
Long ago
Now you want to steal mine
Drag me under
To the place where you are
Love is not proud
Yes, you have charm
But don’t you know
It is a gift
What you have is a gift
Because so many other people who are better
Who should
Don’t have it
Love does not boast
It knows its place
Among those quiet sober things
Because when you lose what you boast about
Then what remains to define you?
Love is not rude
Like you
With your mouth full of F-words
Love is proper
Not offensive
Always trying to make people feel better
Not worse
Love does not seek outrage
Love is not selfish
Why are you here?
You want to seduce me
And cause tears
That is not love
That is hatred
Pure selfishness
Completely untainted
Selfishness is a hateful monster
That will do anything to others
Just to satisfy its desire
Love is slow to anger
Not easily provoked
Not furious like you
Breaking bottles
Smashing bones
What you did when that guy
Called Chelsea a fake club
Love thinks no evil
Harbours nothing deceitful
It is not suspicious
It does not question
It trusts
Like what happened
With you and Christy
You are shocked
You thought a sister like me
Would not know
Listen here
I may not be of the world
But I am in the world
Though love hates lies
It sees the truth
I do not judge on a whim
I know what happened
With you and her
Everybody knows
The story was everywhere
What she did to you
And how she lied to you
Calling all those men her uncles
And all those boys were just friends too
And you followed her everywhere
Puppy dog eyes
Till you realized
What you thought was a blessing
Was a complete disguise
So in bitterness and fury
A storm was formed
And out of it
The new you emerged
The bigger better player
When it came to women
An expert manipulator
But Love is truth
It does not play games
Love is honesty
Without and within
Love bears all things
All those hurts and offences
Love forgives
Wipes the slate clean of all sentences
Of blame
Love believes
Even when it has been let down before
Loves hopes
Saying
This time
Maybe it’ll turn out better
Love endures
To the end
Love never fails
It is the solution
It is the only way
To live”
He was speechless
Stunned and staring at her
Sister Charity leaned in close
And said
“I love you too”
WOW
WOW
WOW
I don’t know what words to use but if this poem aint a perfect one with a whole lot of lessons and moral in tween then I am sure it is close
I love every line, every word and the way you made a story and a lesson out of this beautiful piece
And the shocker was she even loved him in return after all that long story
Love na wa o.
Lovely!lovely!!lovely!!! Felt every line of this poem,especially the twist at the end.
Well done!!!
Too much long story…
I don’t think its too much sir, several points had to be gotten out you know.
@paul and mr lawal, thanx for the compliments. I appreciate u guys men.
As 4 mr joseph, well, i tried to make it shorter but… Any suggestions?
There’s no reason or excuse why you should try to make it shorter, it will certainly reduce the quality of this piece and also show you don’t believe in these lines which I am not sure is what your intentions are
Kip them coming
Wow…Na only Jesus fit give person the Grace to love like that. Lovely…
Na true you talk raymond.
the simplicity of the poem for me is the most beautiful thing about it. the concept of love has eluded many and we can never explain it fully, except with the language of the heart.
i really did enjoy this poem. MESSAGE: love and love true
wow. excellent work.
Bros. As in.
As in…I am speechless.
As in.
But the breaking of the lines took me off kilter for a bit…but vyou do well.
As in…
@Seun-odukoya, the breaking of the lines, a peculiar case of enjambment, it what gives it structural beauty for me. try reading it the way it was broken, you might find out that you’ll like it better.
Ended in a beautiful way.
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l
Absolutely Beautiful
L-o-v-e-l-y
Absolutely Lovely.
Gboyega,this is nice,very nice.
Well done!
I really love this..
Have I said how lovely this is?
Very lovely!