At the feet of a Goddess – Moemise Motsepe (a.k.a Warrior of the word)

I thought I’d write you a poem

a poem of love

paint you a garden with words

and place you on the throne of my cosmos

I thought I’d write you a poem

and whisper metaphor after metaphor

as I a take a tour into every pore of you

sing melodies to your eternal spring

& for once put aside the question

The land question & forget my legacy

as a graduate of blood

I thought I’d write you a poem

an Antonio Jacinto masterpiece and toast to your smile

the testimony of the flower in you

that wine & the magic of being

with the jazz of poetry

suckle your nectar

savour your juice

taste your essence on my tongue

as I swallow the sour sweetness of you

I thought I’d write you a poem

& erase this deficit off my conscience

so that I too may worship without burden

at the feet of the goddess of romance

I thought I’d write you a poem

a poem of love

and dazzle you, weaken you

soften you, intoxicate you

marinade you

tame the tigress in you belly

& pay homage to the art in your heart

with that most potent, most virile

most electric, most beautiful

form of human expression,

A poem!