Mathematical Chemistry

Words would remain caged as her eyes gazed at mine She resided in my Maths and Science book back in Grade nine She visited me in my sleep; my dreams were no longer mine According to my mom, my grades were no longer fine She solved simultaneous equations for me with her exquisite smile Took over my Trigonometry, I was Sine while she became Cosine Theta became love to this heart of mine Selfishness took over; the strategy was to make her mine Formed new Laws of Physics, the attraction I could no longer hide Dark brown watery eyes that made my feet lose a straight line She remained the X Axis and I the Y Axis that never intersected her line I could claim that she eventually became mine but gravity took over as this love intertwined I fell so hard but I was fortunate to be rescued by this pen of mine I guess she will never know, Phumlani Mthethwa