Deathrow
Guess where I am,
I am meeting some of mine
Or maybe not mine,
There is something
About this place:
Stinking sense of surety
I had never known till I hopped in.
Since last week
There is nothing,
Death, is the surety.
Mother I do not want to die now,
What the hell,
I walked in and bang
My system is disturbed,
I am gasping for breath:
Something is wrong, this cough
Is coming my way, slowly.
From deep inside of me?
From far outside this room,
In minutes, they are
Clutching at this skeleton in clothes,
It seems not to care where it goes,
It looks such, damn, it cares:
In minutes, comes another,
Is this where we come?
Am I on death row?
This beautiful lady sitting next
Whispers to her child, she has one,
I ain't got nothing?I am on death row!
Copyright © Fungayi Elias Ndhlovu | Year Posted 2017
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