A Man In Pain
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Because people have already given up on me.
Looking inward for hope.
Eyeing outward for reassurance.
Maybe my eyes cannot see.
I see no one; blackness cloaks my mind.
The light at the end of the tunnel leisurely disappearing.
Expectations quickly ending.
Sometimes I feel like dying
Life has no other key besides the one no one can see.
My heart is bruised, bleeding to death.
Because no one see’s my worth.
Is it a crime to be born?
To have aspirations, to have your own sentiments.
Is being a child a passport to slavery?
Did I apply to work this job with no pay?
Sometimes I feel like getting naked.
Completely undressing my heart,
So that people know how I feel.
So that they understand that this pain is real.
You look at me and you may envy my life.
I have everything I need except this.
Joy unfriends me at times I need her most.
My mind is in another place; I think I’m lost.
Copyright © Tawanda Muzavazi | Year Posted 2018
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