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What Took You So Long-? (Mixed Rhyme)

You mastered the art of my father; He treats you like his younger brother, Side by side, so happy together Sailing with you, stead, of his daughter; You caught big fish, for my sweet mother. She always welcomes you with her holy kiss; I’m in charge to cook your favorite dish, Whilst you and father drinking ouzo, at ease; ‘Cos of you, I forgot to serve the fish--- From the sweat and blood of these men, Bound by a brotherly kiss; Yet, I never have a peace Of mind, so ere you leave again I promised myself, you’ll be mine, only mine; God, forgive me, I planned to commit a sin, Of kissing my father’s friend that my heart’s bind; I just don’t want to send this man to the bin. Hence, when father was not around, I grabbed…kissed him, without a sound; He blushed, by my own surprise; And, his manly breath intertwined With mine; his eyes’ shine, And my heart no longer cries. Gosh, how sweet ‘twas, his lips; and, ‘cos of the heat We did not hear my own father’s teasing psst… Too late to untangle our lips; we did it, The kissing, even when father’s around From no where, he came without any sound; He chided us not, for he wanted him To be with me, till his last days go dim. He’s spoken over-used words: “I love you!” In a hushed voice, I said, “I love you, too!” What took you so long…to say you love me? Don’t you know, in waiting, how hard to be?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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