Lebo Bopalamo Poet I do not know?

I Never Cried

I never shed tears when they called me names
Not even when they drove an intended distance
My strength shone through and stood tall…
But now I wonder,
They strained to hear my voice when I had none
Shouldered my uncomfortable stance
They shattered my essence
and decided my fate

I never cried when they tore me up
Paid no attention to their incisions,
I smiled in times that required tears
I spent…
But I never cried

I did not cry when the pain seared through,
My love is eternal in spite of wear
I never intended to be heard,
Just to see it through in honour of my blood

I see this fear as stated through time
Pain induced can filter through mine
I cannot brace my sins to shelter them all
In time and rain my kind would fall

I followed my way as stated by them
A cold and measured wish to reform
But these days require me to tell
These nights are endlessly long
And their pasted mornings make me cry

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