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Buhle Mpila Poem
And she will recite this:
On the day you last breathe
Your arms were too far for me to hug
Your lips were too cold for me to kiss
Your eyes were closed to see me
Your voice was no where to be heard
Your heart was still
Your eyebrows were still beautiful
Your skin became light no more
On the day of your departure
You left us with many questions
Your poems never told us about the date
Yet we knew the end shall come... when? Well we never knew and never expected it to be this soon!
On the day you died
You did not leave alone
But our souls sinked deep into misery
As you left
I lost hope and faith in love
My lips want nothing to do with love anymore.
May your pretty soul rest...
May your wonderful soul rest...
May your beautiful soul rest...
On this day,
You wrote this,
And now, only now
Is the right time to read it out loud.
-N. B Mpila
Copyright © Buhle Mpila | Year Posted 2015
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Buhle Mpila Poem
And when you leave for someone else,
Make me the last supper.
Pour me the sweetest wine we ever had,
The one that used to get you wet.
Bake me the best cake you ever wanted to bake.
Wake me up before you leave
Kiss me on my forehead
It will be the last lip print I will have of us.
When you leave me for someone else
Take my warmest coat with you
Take my scarf
Take the socks
Take my hoodie, you love it I know, take it!
Take with you many condoms as I have
Because I will use them no more.
Once you're gone
Sing me your favorite song
Not the one you play on your dark days
The one you play when you've just made a proud decision
Play me that song...
Let its sound sink into my ears deep into my memory
So I will always play it everytime I forget its title
I will just sing its tune and shzam it until its found.
When you leave me for someone else
Don't tell me where you're going
Lie to me
Tell me you're just going out with friends
I will believe you
And if I don't
Make me believe you,
I know you can!
When you leave me for someone else...
Don't!
Because it will mean the end of us
And I made sure the list of things to do before you leave is kind of impossible to complete
So you don't even think of leaving me...
Not for anyone else!
-N.B Mpila
Copyright © Buhle Mpila | Year Posted 2015
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Buhle Mpila Poem
I feel like I have left my feelings somewhere else...
lonely...
abandoned...
freezing!
And wherever they are
They are crying!
Shouting!
Screaming out my name in all tongues
for they know not what I have become.
I have fallen...
Apart?
In love?
So short?
What did your kiss do to me?
Did I get it?
Was it just an off-zone naveled thought?
I am withdrawn
I am that person which dies at the beginning
When will I ever reach the end?
Or will I?
The calendars are so few
she kept time around her wrist
I waste time under her love wings
Dear God
Forgive my loyalty to Love
I know we had to love you first but please understand
In this mortal life
we are both born of the love that never dies God!
Please
My dear God
understand this that...
None of these women can stand being a duet in a single man
Much worse for two man in a woman...
I am lost...
Is this my last heart beat?
I am lucky it still beats your name.
-N.B MPILA
Copyright © Buhle Mpila | Year Posted 2015
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