Love Poem: An Understatement
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Written by: Itumeleng Nyakatya

An Understatement

She threw an understatement where my thoughts lingered 
Words hiding beneath the shadow of reason, 
Triggered 
Thoughts sinking in portrayed reality 
Silently in a raging mind 
As she sips drunk from the bottle of poetry 
Excuses masking the face of her true mind 
With such an intense blindness 
Her love being my weakness 
The past blinded us 
As we try to put it behind us 
Though she never forgot about us 
The past threw us into the pits of guilt and blame 
Provoked my words so I can speak 
The truth she wrote in letters for me to seek 
In rain, 
In pain, 
And in shame 

She threw an understatement where thoughts strolled down the isle of reality 
Enticing my ear drums with words of reality 
A plea to pick up where we left off 
Where words never ceased to intertwine with thoughts of, 
Textured morality, 
Blueprint of sin, 
Gene filled iniquity 
My faults I have not seen 
Word-spoken into blasphemy 
And mouth-spoken into tragedy 
A product of change, 
Sole-minded to purity 
A dream for both of us to age 

She threw an understatement where thoughts knocked on suicide doors 
Wings withered and clipped 
Imperfection, 
Judgment its yours 
Heart shuttered, 
Bled and ripped 
Iniquity,shame and guilt 
Soul whipped 
Word left to dry and wilt 
Effort to shine my rusty halo, 
Imperfection is what I only know 
Eyes teared, 
Weeped 
Feet limping like a city pigeon 
Crooked, 
Soaked in false religion 
Mind sieved into lies 
Ignorance that caused us to lie 
'Caused us to fight, 
Refusing repentance 
Wise in our own sight, 
Rejecting guidance 

But she wrote an understatement between the lines 
Message portrayed, 
I read between the lines 
A tongue twisting reality, 
Strings fixed and attached to life lines 
With the emphasis that life goes on 
Life a blessing, 
Its us who go wrong 
So let the emotions be crucified, 
Be sanctified 
'Cause false acts will soon be denied 


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