You very big ugly monster
have overshadowed my happiness
at night I lay sleepless
you have stolen my smile
these tears I have are my witness
you soured my life's sweetness
You very big ugly monster
have foreseen my weakness
the lack of my heart's fitness
in handling heartache as an illness
I cry because if I remain speechless
then my whole life will be a sickness
The past should remain in the past
why are you passing on to my future
In my mind I do not want you to last
for you have become a torture
Experiencing you was a nightmare
I do not ever want to see you near me
Like a foster parent
I thought I could live with you
but how do I live with a monster so errant
You have ruined my precious life
you are nothing important
back off, my happiness is dormant
I pass my past in the past
for it has passed
I pass my focus on to the future
for my happiness lies with it
I won't let the past with no behaviour
rest on my shoulders and be heavier
**By Mkanya Anele*
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