How Did You Know? Poem by Lungelo S. Mbuyazi

O! Most dear!
I came to you as a servant
Now, I live with you like a king.

How did you know
That I was the one for you?
That I could love you?
That you could love me too?
I'm puzzled when I think of it

O! Let me sing you a love song

As my lonely days fades away
My love for you stand fast,
Stand still to prevail
Like palm trees in a desert,
Like a cedar at the Lebanon.
Deffencies! I don't want anyone
Like you, for I have you

O! Sponono sami. How did you know
That I could be man enough for you?
O! Man. Kids will grow men & women,
The hair will grow grey & silver,
The trees will grow tall & thicker,
Earth still breath the same carbon dioxide,
My heart still breath the same red blood
Of candles in the bath & red roses in the bed,
My heart still generating the same love for you
That sparked on the very same day we met

The Moon will glow
Dim with the daylight.
Speaking of light,
How could I forget that
Strikes my heart
Like a thunderstorm
As the Sun kisses the dawn and
Brighten future days ahead of us?

Lighting each day as we grow older.
Yes! As we grow fond of one another.
Lightning each day to reveal
Billions of beautiful colours;
Like a flower's blooms
That incessantly goads me sighs:
O! Dear, I love you Charlotte.

Still, I wonder:
How did you know
That I was the one for you?
That I couldn't face this lonely world alone?
Blessed, I am to the woman of your stature,
The beauty put up the curtain & lights up the future
And if it is a dream, please don't wake me up,
For you were always in my dreams.
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