NEITHER BOTH OF US

Love is built around trust

Love is protected by trust

What is love when trust is lost from the beginning?

Where would we go in the absence of trust?

How far would we persevere in the absence of trust?

The world around us managed to take away our trust!

Neither both of us are to blame.

The question of whether love was existent is invalid

How were we to love when the world was tearing us apart?

How were we to prosper when the walls around us had ears?

How were we to trust when the world spoke against us?

To fight for us I tried but it took all of the energy that I had.

Should I stand and put the blame on you?

No! I cannot!

Neither both of us are to blame.

Love is not an arena for competition!

Neither is it a round table for negotiation!

Love is a podium for reciprocal actions towards one another

Love is an act of trusting each other

In the presence of prejudice how was this achievable?

Even though I tried to communicate with you?

You already had conclusions in your mind

Is friendship to blame or the feelings a friend had for you?

Can I question the grounds on which I was a victim of someone’s hate?

I cannot hate on you and turn my back and blame you.

Love is given meaning by acts of two people.

Long after you are gone I still find it worthy to compose this last stanza.

Compose this last stanza that you may find meaning at the end of it.

Your love meant something to me more than you ever knew

The idea that you were never loved I still ask myself where you found it.

The most dangerous act in love is not to trust the person you love.

The worst scenario is to lack communication in a relationship.

I cared that this love would end because of our foolish actions

I cannot stand and point my finger on you and put that blame on you

Neither can you do the same and blame me instead.

Every relationship does have its ups and downs

Ours had ups and downs but bad advice made it even worse

I guess in the end it was all about the call of the universe

Till we meet again, still I won’t blame you for its fall.

By Tinashe Clive Mtumazhi