a twenty three year old investment worth waiting for

four months ago
you were crying
on the other end
of the line
wondering bitterly
why you had to go through
all that you went through
why you asked me
didn't you
just say yes
to me
when i first
asked you out
all those years ago
when we were
both bashful youths
barely out of our teens
chatting shyly
in your cubicle at the box
back at
the university of nairobi
not to confuse anybody
with the above lines
i asked you out
and you were asking me
why you didn't say yes...

it was late
eighty one
or early
eighty two
and we both knew
there was
something
between us
but we both
opted
for other people

and here we are
twenty-three years later
finally
having that
torrid
love affair
we all
fantasized about
back then
when we were
young
hopeless romantics
we are
different now
we are
just
older
hopeless romantics
madly
and
keenly
in love
and lust
with
and
for each other...

may 20, 2004