Where are you my dear? <br />Tell me my lovely One whether you feel loved <br />I wish we were birds to build our charming nest together, <br />Then you would not be far from me <br />Then I would pride of having the loveliest bird in the field! <br />Then we would chirp together lovely tunes <br /> <br />If I were a bird I would stand on a lonely tree, <br />There I would live and mourn for you; <br />A cold morning like today would drink my silent tears <br />And evening winds would not comfort me either <br />If I don't have my sweet Sweetie <br />I would fly to wherever she would be <br /> <br />But here I am a man not a bird <br />Not exactly sure where my sweet Sweetie is <br />I have lived and prayed for her <br />Each day I prayed to get the loveliest, <br />And nights I did not stop to disturb God <br />That He may show me my lost rib <br /> <br />Does my sweet Sweetie truly long for me? <br />I wish I knew the answer <br />And I would make her even sweeter to me <br />By loving and caring for her <br />Then my sorrow would be at an end <br />Because I would have a friend and a lover <br /> <br />But here I am a worker employed in an office! <br />Let me work for I am paid for it <br />Let my heart continue to desire sweet Sweetie even when working <br />Because she is part of the reason I work so hard <br />Come dear, and make my heart calm <br />By being my lovely bird.<br /><br />Nyota Yasulwe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-lovely-bird/
