Burning My Pages
I, just like a page
Have a true story to tell
It, may not be a best seller
But a story of my life, nonetheless
And, with every page, that I tell it
The pages burn into dust and get lost in the breeze,
the breeze that is life
I've never, stolen to the detriment of others,
Nor have I toiled for the poor to slumber,
in a voidfull darkness
I've never, burnt any soul, with whip in my mouth,
thereafter leave scourges without smoothing them in balsam
And yet, night after night,
as I look to the heavens
I'll still ask my Father, whether I,
have offended or cursed
These lips, sure as a kiss,
I have used just for healing
As springs, endlessly warm,
I have lent these hands, to fill up hopeful promises
And yet, night after night,
as i gaze, into the constant ocean of green
I, light as a kite, flapping in the wind,
sailing to new words of promise
I, just like a page
Once had a story to tell
Whether you, can take a page,
from this book, and burn its pages
Just as, these pages burn, leaving no words
of regret or sorrow to linger
Time, passes the pages, burning the book,
leaving the legacy of a man...
05Aug2015
Copyright © Sizwe Hlabisa | Year Posted 2015
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