AMATORY: "WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME?" BY MAURICE N CHIADZWA

He was the genius 

She was the gorgeous 

The story felt obvious 

Before 'he' came along...

He showed great determination 

She followed his ambition 

So clear, was their vision 

Before 'he' came along...

Grew up in the dusts of a compound 

Where nothing around seemed sound

But they beat the odds out of the ground 

Before 'he' came along...

Both made it to college

Took their lives on to a new page

And their love onto the next stage

Before 'he' came along...

From kissing and teasing in corridors 

To study nights and setting goals

Spreading wings and opening new doors

Before 'he' came along

While he majored in construction 

She majored in administration 

A brawn and beauty combination 

Before he came along...

Goals, grades and each other

Inseparable, always together 

Grew up, grew closer and grew better...

Before 'he' came along...

Then returned to their old story

In those ruins, they found glory 

But still, it was before the worries

Before 'he' came along...

He got a job reconstructing

A future for his people in those ruins

And a new story would begin 

When 'he' came along...

Then he finished his service

His girl now took a new place

Next to a 'man' bringing the town to a new pace

When 'he' came along...

And in a stream of complicated events

'He' gave her her dream, or something equivalent 

When 'he' came along...

A dawn of tensions

Rays of unclear intentions

Feelings that could not be publicly mentioned 

After 'he' had come along...

Will she leave him?

To go live with 'him'...

Is this a nightmare or a fulfilled dream?

Now that 'he' has come along...

When she seemed like caught between two men

One who was with her since back then

And 'another' who seemed to want to save her pains

Everything broke loose, When 'he' came along....

© MAURICE N CHIADZWA

-Zimbabwe

This poem's a gripping tale of love, ambition, and complicated choices. It follows a couple's journey from humble beginnings to success, disrupted by a new player. The speaker's nostalgic tone and rhetorical questions ("Will she leave him?") create tension, leaving the reader wonderin' what'll happen next. The use of repetition ("Before 'he' came along") emphasizes the impact of this newcomer on their lives.