Sizwe Hlabisa Poet Free verse

In a Thicket of Love

You sang to me in a crowded place,
An embedded dream in a dry desert

I heard you call out for me
In a silent symphony 
amongst a clamor of confusion 
on a bed of nails 

Whispering in decibels far and wide
Echoing your very fears into me
        nudging me in a direction only your 
  words could 

Did I find myself lost?
Deliberating past the point of lust,
Disappearing in your love

I find myself unable to breathe,
Taking short,
           steady, 
     shallow,
  breathes
The sight of you, 
smelling of peach in beechwood
Takes me back to that ocean,
Just us two 
the invisible threads
They'd call a life bond.


And boy did I recall,
The winters we held onto each others tongues 
Where a simple touch sent shivers of excitement and hope through me

I know I am stuck onto you,
Falling endlessly at the mere thought of you
With no regret, I found you 
singing for me in that crowded place
A place we share in our minds, 
fed by our hearts 
as we share home in each other's spaces, 
a pocketed dimension of love


As I heard you call out 
In tones, unuttered
And whispers unheard
Except for the beat of love,
barely audible
                 .....Lub dub dub dub, 
                            ...lub dub lub dub
The sound of our hearts
harping in melody
Begging at synchronicity

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