MAYBE

MAYBE

Maybe I’m too serious about this friendship

Maybe I’m too serious about you, us

Maybe I’m too concerned

Maybe this isn’t just friendship

Maybe I care too much

Maybe there are feelings involved

Maybe my heart is so much into you

Maybe the way I look, touch and smile at you isn’t normal

Maybe I… Maybe We… Maybe

But overall… We just friends

The progress in our friendship is amazing

The direction is a bit confusing

The inexistence of boundaries keeps me wondering

How do we tell between… between…

Or maybe it’s better this way

We aren’t supposed to limit the chemistry

Listening to our inner voices might be the reason

Behind this juicy friendship

Or maybe I… Maybe we… Maybe…

But overall… We just friends

Maybe friendships were meant to be like ours

Simplicity was meant to be the way

Maybe the way we hold hands when walking these streets

Is just another element of friendship

Maybe we shouldn’t eliminate the single spark in this fire

Maybe we shouldn’t be bothered by the flames of love

Burning in our hearts

You see maybe I… Maybe we… Maybe…

But overall… We just friends

In addition to growing up together

We share the same vision

The progresses in our lives are heading into a common goal

You the one who understands me better

So maybe it’s better

If I stick with you

Maybe this foundation of friendship is what we will need in our

I mean, let us not let these people come between us

For what God has put together

Let no man take apart

Surely everything happens for a reason

So there should be a good

and probably a godly reason behind this friendship

So let’s fall in…

I mean let us not fall in-to this trap they have put before us

For we know we are just friends

But maybe I… Maybe we… Maybe…

But overall… We just friends

Maybe we need to redefine the word friendship

For they think we more than just friends

They think we are lovers

But I think friends were supposed to love one another

I am surprised by the element of surprise

In all these eyes looking at us

Maybe one day they will understand we have come too far as friends

So they will never stand between us

Let them suspect, point fingers, judge and call us names

For we are not going to be shaken by what they think of us

Their thoughts will not determine who we are

But maybe I… Maybe we… Maybe…

But overall… We just friends

Siyabonga Sokhela

Early Days Poetry

Wed 15^th December 2010