i belong to another!. Poem by Ojijo Ogillo

(extracted from Fireplace Stories: Ojijo's Performance Poems. Poem .2012. ISBN.978-9966-123-17-6)

   i belong to another!

you and your constant company,
you and your endless interest,
always in my vicinity,
never far from my person,
don’t you know i belong to another?

 

 you wink and blink at me,

 talking to me with your evil eyes,

 calling me with your battling eyelids,

 but i belong to another,

 you call me and wave at me,
 attracting my attention,
 drawing my seek,
 but i belong to another,

 

 you wear fashion and class,

 swinging and swaggering,

 working to impress me,

 laboring to make an impression,

 but i am taken,

 

you seek to dumbfound with academia,

you talk oxford and harvard,

chanting theories and ranting philosophies,

reciting shakespeare and narrating aristotle,
but i belong to another,

 

stop nagging and look elsewhere,

my heart is not for you,

nor my future for your schemes,

we can only be friends this way,

and strangers that way,

because i belong to him,

 

do not confuse me with sweet nothing

your deep voice and manly cologne

your quick hands and strong arms,

they touch me but they will not hold me,

they feel me but will not grab me,

because i am his!

 

you turn and twist,

as you lay in your bed,

dreaming in your thoughts,

 imagining in your mind,

but i will never be yours,

 

do not lust in your looks,

or scare with your stare,

your eyes will only see, but never behold,

they will forever look and forever imagine,

because my body is his!

 

i belong to him.

to him i belong,

he has chosen me,

i am his,

he is mine,

i am taken,

 (Ojijo is a lawyer, author, poet, pianist, luo culture expert, business systems consultant, career mentor, public speaker and coach:+256776100059: ojijo@allpublicspakers.com)