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Kgotalang Legoete Poem
Dangerous love
Chronic stress gave its path in my heart
Apart from breathing, that’s part of my pain
Stains remain, love cannot be sustained
Fight for what you love, and let happiness lead the way
Who is your soulmate, tell me?
Faith lost trust to hope, future is demolished
Polished my heart, yet still stuck to you like glue was applied
Still recall, when you said you will be like a father to me
Promised me live and future but feels like climate change
Who is in your heart, tell me?
I still need you, I don’t know if you do
I still want you; I don’t know if you do
I still love you I don’t know if you do
Who is responsible for my role tell me?
Faith please, gain trust again to hope
Love is medicine we all need to drink
Death can occur without taking your medicine
Medicine heals all illness, but the heart is stubborn
Make me love again but please tell me
Who is your soulmate?
Copyright © Kgotalang Legoete | Year Posted 2022
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Kgotalang Legoete Poem
Father's Death
Healing is such a process Life is a long journey
Living with pain is chronic
Chronic pain makes one sleepless
My hero is gone who should I turn to?
Days went by, thinking deeply
Chronic pain has been part of my life for a decade
Time doesn’t heal anything it teaches something else
Living with pain like other chronic health conditions
My hero is gone who should I turn to?
His funeral came yet I didn’t show up
I hope to do what's right in the season of winter
My heart is broken like a broken glass you won’t be able to fix it
My eyes are red like am developing eye disease
My weight is slowing punching down like a wheel having a slow punch
My hero is gone who should I turn to?
I may be strong on the outside, inside am weak
Father you left to soon, I can’t bare this pain
Come back because am weak, am afraid to show my mother
If she finds am weak, she will be heart broken
That will also break my heart, am caught up
My hero is gone who should I turn to?
By kgotalang legoete
14June 2021
22:30
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Kgotalang Legoete Poem
I promise to give you love, like your mother's sweet embrace
To be there when you're lost, in this bewildering space
Whenever vexed you feel, just a call away I'll be
Day by day, I'll stay, paving paths for you to see
May you see the good in me, as our hair turns grey
But why would you love me, knowing you'd hurt me so?
Love feels like a myth, hurt seems all we know
Fooled and deceived, vital truths concealed
Is this what you call love, or a battlefield?
I still recall that night, when you touched me in fear
Traumatized by your actions, disrespect was the spear
Every voice should be heard, no one should feel small
Yet I'm made to feel inferior, as you stand tall
But why would you love me, knowing you'd hurt me so?
I made a promise to myself, when Dad passed away?
To choose solitude over love, to keep hurt at bay
No one knows what love is, not you, not me
My heart's a fragile glass, shattered, can't you see?
How can I love when I'm broken, a fool in disguise?
So don't come near me, saying you see good in my eyes
I only see the bad, my heart's slowing its beat
Day by day, I pray, to find strength, to defeat
But it feels like I'm nearing my grave, to rest by my dad's side
Sorry, Mom, I'm leaving too soon, angels calling, no need to hide
It's time to find true love, beyond this earthly pain
To heal, to mend, to find peace, and love again
Nowadays loving can be very scary.
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