Love Poem: Hopeless
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Written by: Khazamula Mhlongo

Hopeless

We fell we loved
In a hopeless place
We ran the world together
Thinking maybe the love would last forever
The hopeless place was infertile
 for the seeds of love we planted
Every flower would wither with time

There came time we spoke not
Of words but emotions
Destroyed our properties in the
Flame of confusion and blind trust

We went back and gave the hopeless
Place a try, but everyday we'd cry
A dream that can dream of a thought 
Of the falling sky

Pain in the eyes, we're dying in 
The ice, your roses can't survive 
With me - they keep hurting me
With their thorns, "hold me gently"
I might explode as a dynamite 
And this love would be eroded
And lack nutrients as soil that has eroded

Departed, broken hearted
We dug a single seed into the ground
In a year or two, hoping it grows, 
Those walking here maybe they'd 
Perceive a rose.