I wish I could freeze time,

stop you from walking out the door

I wish my prime want was

like a magnet

to attract you back into my arms

Tears fall on the locket,

where our worlds met,

and love was young and free,

since you left

the sunlight never disowned my eyes

For five years,

I had been white as innocence,

but everyday my mind is punched by

breathless riddles of why you left

My eyes always invaded

the guilty windows, to see if

you would come back,

wishing you would come back,

hoping you would come back

I had been very innocent all my life,

why did you leave?

why did you make my soul

sit naked in the rain,

till I forgot all about the world,

why?

                                                                By Kakraba Afful