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Since You Left

How did I get trapped in this web?
Although I try to reason by myself, I’m getting n nowhere
I was mindful of every step I took
All my life I had been careful

Culture moulds my principles
It is still my belief to stay chaste
And keep our memories clean of levirate
If you were here to save me from your sibling’s

Everything shuts down on me
People I thought loved me they are digging a pit for me
Like hyena’s they fight over your mammon
Devil must be the source to these evil deeds

I’m so hollow and down in the dumps
Pressure is to much to hold fast
Seeking a way-out kills my brain cells
See the pain brought about inheritance

My wish was to grow old with you
Until death do us apart
My pain would’ve been minimal
Ally is all that i can be to your sibling’s

I can’t detach love from myself
Love governs every decision I take
How can i act in contrary to my being?
Loveless marriage is venomous to both of us

None of your sibling’s posses your qualities
Your kin seem to shy away from that fact
Your clan name was not a token of our love
You stole my heart away hence I fell for you

Your death left me by the crossroads
My conscience keeps giving me a signal to end my dilemma
I need strength of Hercules to trail the signal
Migraine knows me by name since you left me

I'm surrounded by widows
Who fights against levirate marriages
I'm surrounded by man and women
Who chose shame than being in a shameful matrimony

I am strong because of you silent heroes and hero’s
Society maybe hostile against you
But i will continuously sing praises for your courage
Sons and daughters of the universe up laud your audacity

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