Mine Poem by Angela Bontle Ditumiso

I am a man familiar with heartbreak and friends with misery
It might take a while to adjust to this world you introduced to me
You hacked away the shell of my heart
Exposing this vulnerable being I don't even know
I was empty but you filled me up

Pardon me my love
If I don't love you right
I'm still on the learning curvature
Still trying to warm up to this jubilant creature you unleashed
Because of you I am a happy man

Currently I am analysing the wave of emotion that swooped through me
When I laid my eyes on you
Is this what love feels like?
Is this what I have been denied all my life?

Please tell me you are here to stay
Because I don't want this feeling to go
Just hold my hand and walk with me
Drag me if you have to
Please promise to never let me go

I'm just a man willing to be all you deserve
Willing to learn how to love you
Be forever mine