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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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Date: 9/9/2014 10:21:00 AM
Very deep and well written Bongani! life is not easy .... for souls that feel deep
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Date: 9/10/2014 4:29:00 AM
Bianca and Gerhard, Thank you very much. Thank you!!!!!!

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