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<h4>Poem by <span class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane</span> </h4>
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<p>I know how I felt the first time I saw you<br>I know my heart skipped beats more than once or twice in a semi- second<br>I know I stammered the whole day because words kept running away from me<br>Every time you looked into my bold eyes<br>I know I felt a feeling that I never had felt before,<br>A feeling much happier than my first day at kindergarten<br>I know I felt that pull that longed to bring our bodies to cling together and I fought against it the whole day</p>
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<p>I know how I felt the first time you looked into my eyes<br>I know my eyes envied that they were perfectly crafted to remain beautiful before you<br>I know how my body reacted the same way potassium does to water<br>I know the spark in my right eye lit more brighter than it’d set my whole body ablaze<br>I know I saw beauty through your eyes that I couldn’t look at any other</p>
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<p>I know how I felt the first time you hugged me<br>I remember how my pain went numb and my demons got burnt to ashes<br>I remember how I blushed a thousand times and could even hear the click sound of my eyelashes<br>I remember how my body communicated, like a soulless corpse that had been brought back to life<br>I remember the twitch in my eye and how it repeated more often when you cupped my face<br>I remember how I felt when you had your arm wrapped around my waist<br>I remember how I felt knowing that your arms are the only safest place<br>I remember how I felt when we walked down the old road together, warm colors of twilight drawing<br>Our silhouettes against the drowning dawn</p>
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<p>I remember when I saw the first shooting star and your name crossed my mind<br>I remember how I let my lips curve into a half moon whenever my thoughts would rewind<br>To the first time I met you<br>I remember how we laughed and played splash and dash in the rain, not paying attention to the soft raindrops as they turned our clothes into a beautifully wet mess</p>
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<p>I remember how I felt when you first put that necklace around my neck<br>How you told me to close my eyes and I knew I’d trust you even if I was blind<br>I remember how you wholly smiled at me and streams of tears created an ocean inside my eye shells<br>I remember how you wiped the tears away with your thumb and your lips parted into a perfect grin</p>
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<p>I remember how I felt the first time you pressed your lips against my forehead<br>I remember how euphoria doused over my heart and emotions; I remember how my heart sprinted like a whippet winning its race<br>I remember how I was more than ready to tell the world that in my heart, you’ve won a place<br>A place so special and golden like a prestigious palace</p>
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<p>I remember how I clung to your waist and wrapped you with my arms<br>I remember how many times I made that plea, that you never get away from me<br>I remember how many times we chanted promises of forever like a daily mantra<br>I remember the pleasure, how much I love you and how much I still do</p>
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