Roses n thorns - poetry

21/03/2020

something about him draws you in
A force you can't explain
Its like magnets of different charges put closely together;

he's a drug.
slowly alters your way of thinking
and before you know it,
before you can take charge of things and let go,
you're addicted.

He's a rollercoaster.
wavy rides that keep you screaming your lungs out
and as it all comes to an end,
you're breathless.

He's a double-edged sword
gives love from the core
and hurts till you're sore
everything is bittersweet
but somehow you crave it
crave for more.

05/01/2019

Secrets of the Wind

05/12/2018

10/03/2018

*mistakes*

A mistake
That's all it was
That's all you knew
Its all you ever heard

You were a mistake,
That's what your parents said
Its what your ex said as well
Its what all relationships have been

A mistake;
Quitting college
That pregnancy
The abortion

Mistakes
They built up around you like a wall
You could never see anything past them
And so you decided to make the last one

The worst mistake,
But you'd probably never know-
At least it'd put an end to the others
And that's all that really mattered
So su***de it was.

kagwe

27/02/2018

Fake smiles,
Forced conversations;
The art of socialising

01/09/2017

ANIMAL
I tame these wild feelings within me
Keep them locked up in steel cages
Afraid to let them loose and free
Afraid they'll devour the ones I love

But at times it gets so hard.
Like a werewolf on full moon;
They grow too strong to contain,
They attempt to break the chains

And I hold on to whatever sanity is left
Remind myself that I can't give in
That no one should bleed by my claws
That no one should be torn by my canines

-kagwe

11/06/2017

We were running out wood and the flames were slowly dying but none of us was willing to go fetch more; so we sat and watched it all slowly fade, felt the cold creeping in and chills biting through our skin.

26/04/2017

*Empty*
I feel so empty, its like I've suddenly vanished
It feels like am never ever gonna get nourished
As if no matter how hard I try I'll never get it, the flow
How it all works and how long it takes to finally grow
My words now sound like cliché in my own ears
Like am writing the same thing written over the years
Like I've only displayed the picture in a different art gallery
Hoping this time the audience appreciates it a little more
I feel like my pen is not bleeding enough anymore
Its just but vomiting the little emotions I fed on
I feel like an echo of the words that have already been spoken
Continuously saying the same thing but its a little bit broken
Am not giving up though, I know the fire is still there
Just a little more wood to avoiding cooling the embers

04/04/2017

SAME LOVE THE OTHERS GOT

You and I thought we'd be a different couple
That we'd stand against all the odds
But we've come to a point where we're like other people
Everything we said is part of the empty talks.

We thought we'd last forever,
We thought that we'd endeavor
but none of that exists any longer
Cz even forever ain't long no longer.

We'd shared dreams and desires
We'd known our faults and strengths
We hoped to build ourselves paradise
But we can no longer ignite the fire.

We shared our joys and pains
We knew the best and worst days
We'd learnt each others ways
But we threw all that away.

We've ended up miserable
We're no longer admirable
And our love is just that same
Love as the others got.

29/03/2017

FOR YOU.

Maybe its the spark in your eyes as you speak
Maybe its the smile on your face that doesn't fade quick
Or maybe its your dense, dark and large eyebrows
Or those bashful eyelashes I wish I could borrow
That make my mind capture so many pics of you
And render me speechless whenever I talk to you

SLY

21/11/2016

COLD HEART

Like titanic, I thought our ship of love was the greatest
I had no imagination of us ever hitting an iceberg and sinking
I always knew we'd survive the storms of the sea
And we'd sail through all seven seas to the very end

I thought we were part of the star crossed lovers
That we'd stand against all odds for what we had
That like Romeo and Juliet we'd die for each other
And if any of us for forgot our love, the other would remind

Like "the notebook" lovers, I thought we'd age together
That all memories would fade except those of our love
Cause they're engraved in our hearts with indelible ink
And tattooed at the safest corner of our minds.

But you proved me wrong, you suddenly turned into ice,
So cold that I couldn't stand a kiss from your lips
Cause it got me chilled from my toes to my head
You were like hot pepper, intolerable, I had to spit.

My heart didn't want to leave but I knew better than to stay
My mind couldn't comprehend living on earth without you
But I convinced it we'd rather move to another planet
Cause being next to you meant catching an incurable cold