First Love Poem by Mpheng Magome

It is as though I were a doll:
A shiny new Christmas toy.
Or a bright, red toy firetruck:
Cheap and badly made.
It's as if you gazed at me
With big, expectant Christmas-morning eyes;
Like I was the best thing you had ever owned.
It's as if I made you really happy,
Like I was a light in your life.
It's as if my toy sirens then stopped flashing.
Or my badly-made arm dropped off.
It's as if your excitement wore off
And Christmas day passed.
It's as if you looked down on my damaged form
And decided, mildly disappointed,
To throw me away