Poetry/Prose: P.S. I Love You

Poetry finally chased me down and caught hold of me :) Inspired by the movie "P.S. I Love You." Consider it a double entendre ;)

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Hello again

It's been a long while

I have seen so much, experienced so much

Met people who reminded me of you

Many times I've wanted to stay away for good

Many times I've wanted to come back to you

But why should I when we have such a history

Of laughter, fun, smiles, love, yes

But also of challenges, correction: littered with challenges

It would be so much easier to leave it all behind, leave you behind

And start afresh. With someone, somewhere who's more sure

More certain, more clear, more easy to get along with?
Someone who doesn't make me so damn angry all the time!

Surely, that's what I should do…right?

I've thought that so many times

But looking back, I'm who I am today precisely because of you

Because of us, and especially because of our struggles

It might be easier elsewhere, but I don't think it would be as profound

Not for me at least

With you, I'm forced to think anew

To give up notions of black and white

To find strength from only God knows where

And to feel such a passion, a burning desire, to live for something, for someone

So you see, try as I might, I find myself here

At this crossroads again, choosing between versions of myself

I know you can be as stubborn as a mule

And I know there are some who will make us all the more harder to envision

But I believe in this thing we got going on

With every fiber of my being

And so. Well, I can't give up

Not on you, not on me, and certainly not on us

We are a match made in heaven, proclaimed as one by God himself

If He saw fit to put us together, tell me, who has the power to thrust us asunder?

No one. Except Allah, if He so wishes.

I know, I know, I'm talking crazy right?

I have nothing to go by than this burning inside my heart

And yes, it freaks the daylights out of me

It's not going to be easy, it never has been

But I think we're worth it

Worth all the tears, the disappointments, the heartaches

Worth all the nays anyone - including those we love - might say to us

At the end of the day, we're still learning our way

But if there's one thing I know for sure,

It's that challenge is where growth is at

And as nerdy as it sounds, I never want to stop learning

So, GHAfrica, I guess we're stuck together.
For better, or (hopefully not) for worse

I'm in. All the way. With heart, body, mind, and soul.

Signed,

Me.

P.S. I love you.

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