Death of a Father
A father is a man who dies each day,
Day by day he weakens like fluctuating sand,
Sand that blunders through fingers slipped away,
Away from everything he used to planned.
Planned joys are lost in a bitter sea,
Sea of silence where his name is blurred,
Blurred by a mother’s cold and sharp decree,
Decree that leaves his loving heart unheard.
Unheard he stands, a ghost within the soul,
Soul torn apart like cloth against the knife,
Knife that cuts the bond to make her whole,
Whole is the death that ends a father’s life.
Poem by N. Mugisho
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