One Day I Will Laugh
one day i will laugh
lines draw on my face
thin lines like cracks in a cake of mud
though not deep, am carved
my cheeks rise to meet my eyes
as my lips lay thin in the dry greys
an expression of great amaze
my eyes stare wearily out
in the deep abyss of nothingness
with a hunger and fear of the unknown
with the wisdom of the long forgotten
and yet i fail to see time pass me by
and i'm roused by that thud, a why?
gnarling thoughts creep in my mind
taunting me, crashing to reaction
still I remain
to adjust to my where am i?
a place defined by alien memories
and a maze of what if's
i'm met by a resounding silence
that sends shivers up my spine
dries my tongue in my lips
chokes my lungs...I can't breathe
my knees weaken and i know
I want to fall
maybe in my descent I will find peace
in letting go of that which haunts me
this web that keeps me dangling
holding on to some fallacy
a lie that soon change will come
that chance will not pass me by
maybe in my fall I will open my eyes
to see the world not in a dream
nor through the stain coloured glasses
I will see you as you once were
and i will remember how to laugh
yes! someday I will laugh again
(c) Moliehi Molupe 2020
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