I Love You

On days when my chest is a pile of clogged pipes,
On mornings when my eyelashes are crusty,
And my eyeballs gyrate against sand;
I love you

On silent days that are loud and need to be silent;
I love you

On mornings when I strive for strength but find stupidity,
On days when my skin turns chocolate and I am rebaptised- betrayal;
I love you

In minutes,
In seconds; when leaving you makes sense
I love you

In vacant pockets of time when warmth makes sense;
When warmth escapes me,
When warmth bakes me,
When you’re the only draught in my life,
I love you

When all of me is a feeling that can be defined in one sentence,
I love you

On all of these instances;
I love you but choose sanity.


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10 responses to “I Love You”

  1. Kevin Orato Avatar
    Kevin Orato

    I like the pivot at the end, best.

    I dig the repetition of what’s essentially the catchphrase, here “I love you”. Privately, I wonder of the natures that inspire these poems; if the poet is really inclined this way, if there are mere creations of an adventurous mind – if they are a fusion of both or even products of observation.

    But there’s always something beautiful about brevity.

    1. veon Avatar
      veon

      I am of the impression that you know the poet; maybe you should ask them these questions over your famous bowls of uji.

      I have to agree; brevity- minimal is the future.

  2. Ess Avatar

    When all of me is a feeling that can be defined in one sentence,
    I love you

    On all of these instances;
    I love you but choose sanity.

    Great piece ????

    1. veon Avatar
      veon

      Thank You Ess.

  3. Joyce Nyambura Avatar
    Joyce Nyambura

    I second you ESS.Those two lines are my fav.Great work right there

  4. Winnie Esther Mosongo Avatar

    Great work… The poem is flowing…I love it..amazing…Thumbs up!!

  5. 1iyanu Avatar

    Nice piece I like

  6. Wangari T. Avatar

    Beautiful expressed ????

  7. Arif Avatar
    Arif

    These words get me. Nice piece.

    1. veon Avatar
      veon

      Thank you.

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