Ever since I’ve known him <br />I’ve also known her <br />I never saw the two apart <br />Never saw them without a fight <br />Two lovers, homeless and old <br />Begging together <br />From flat to flat <br />Down Alma Road, Rosebank <br />Under the subway, sleeping together <br />But their favorite spot: <br />The pavement’s grey <br />Beside my flat <br />Below my window <br />An Afrikaans woman <br />And an English man <br />He could be 60 <br />She could be younger <br />The way a man <br />Would love his woman <br />He loved her so <br />Any one could tell <br />No other beggar could speak to her <br />Without dust rising high! <br />But these past few days <br />He looks different <br />She’s not around <br />He occupies the spot alone <br />It’s too quiet <br />The days are slow <br />The nights longer <br />He sits on the stairs <br />Staring into thin air <br />Pensive, pensive, pensive… <br />As I pass him by <br />He recalls my face <br />He says, hello <br />Without raising his head...<br /><br />LLM Mbatha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/different-without-her/
