Outcast
I had my place
Down at the bottom with all the
other mongrel mutts
Always there but never better
Waste of space
I belonged down there
With all the other ones like me
Dust particles swept away
Wretched rodents, roads ran
potent as streets I intoxicated
Helpless hopefuls I suffocated,
me with my repulsive stench
Mothers hide your children
I was dirt
Not for the accodales my
fearless filth had accumulated,
not for the devious deeds in
which I participated but for my
own existence
Wretched, repulsive rodent
Trapped, poisoned, swept away
Just like all the other intruders
I took my place
Down at the bottom with the
half built bridges, and the
likeliness of witches
Likened to the worst, I took my
place in front of curse
Here I am
Failure, intruder, wretched
rodent
Potent curse
I come to a world vaccinated for
likes of me
Immune to the claws of plain
and ordinary
Free from the shackles that bind
me
They live
In a world where perfection
prevailed
Be it in needles, pills, creams
High heels, hot meals, dollar
bills
Name it and have it they will
I had no place in such a world
So like every other outscast I
took ny place
Down at the bottom of the
gutter
In some place where even the
wind broke every word I uttered
My deformed spirit, floating
carelessly to the very outskirts
of existence
Far beyond me
I was not me, inside of me
In a world where success
prevailed
I failed me at being me
Some part of other flesh,
another soul I envied
I want to be like her
Someone make me better,
make me like them
Render me dreamer, achiever,
go-getter
Not just simple and plain
Make me better
Rid me of my lazy ways
Drag me past contaminate
Change me and my attitude
Teach me how to contribute
Stained with a speck of hope to
spare
I began to lead it spread
Rapidly, relentlessy
This new thing grew inside of
me
It let me see a brand new me
This new thing taught me how
to breathe
Deeply, readily, deservingly
This thing called faith
With worthiness whispered
'believe'
It saw me step outside of me
And showed me all that I could
be
Copyright © Tshego Khumalo | Year Posted 2014
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