Bitter Sweet by Tsitsi Gumbo

By Mgcini Nyoni -


so it goes on
ecstatic climax
my end
your pleasure
deeper I sink
for your priceless smile
...your smile
my death warrant
anything, anything
just to see it...

so on it goes..
sweet torture...
I love it
more than I do you
...so on it goes

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