"LIKE I DID? " A Poem by Florence Mwale

I heard you met someone.
I heard that she's pretty,
Very pretty.
She's got big brown eyes and a mesmerising smile
From what I've heard, she is gorgeous.


Can she tell when you're about to cry?
Embrace you at that moment not asking why?
Can she read your mind like I did?


I heard you met someone
Does she make you laugh out loud?
Does she make you giggle?
Do you laugh at her lame jokes like you did at mine?
Does she make you laugh like I did?


Does the sound of her voice make you smile?
Yes, like mine did?
Does she sing to you like I did?
Does she whisper sweet nothings when you walk down the street?
Like I did?


I heard you met someone,
I hope she makes you happy like I did.
I hope she lets you act like a little kid,
Let's you win a pillow fight though you started it.
I pray she does it all like I did.



Florence Mwale is 22 years old. She a Malawian writer living in Blantyre.