Poetry Bulawayo

So many words, Yet no truth in them So much truth Not loud enough for a soul to hear So many things I should have said But I refrained I opened my mouth to speak But the truth choked me And words were wedged in my throat I shut my mouth to hold back words untrue But in impulse they did tumble out All the things I never mearnt to Shrill and absolute have I said All what I said was, is not in the least All what I mentioned not, is and has been In senseless defense I uttered words of vanity With words of sham I charted my course And made approved what was not My heart laments the deceit in my words and in repentance I make known Truths that lay shrouded in the depths of my soul By layer upon layer of secrets and lies and hatchets concealed in intution With the motive to shield The truth that could wound those I cherish Yet  it would set me free Hence I will hold back no more

An undefined hole A deep meaningless soul I look at a stranger in this pool This pool of an all too familiar dream A dream of that Companion’s rule Rule over me creature of eve Torture me with that confusing whip That scratches an itch a cant reach alone My lonely heart sings In black tones that the audience see That causes stars to collide Vision dissolves and evaporates in this sunshine A heart in this desert without shade I’m a hole though I know the one for whom I thirst I dream for that creature of eve Torture one with that pleasing whip This deafening noise of the heart makes too much sense to me. (c) Cecil Gumbi

All the things I've seen and heard All the things I've perceived and felt All the things that are That I wish were not But my wishes will not make them not Do wishes come true? All the pain I kept inside All the silence I held onto When I would have said so much All the words I held back As though I held my peace For, what peace is there? When there is so much to be said That remains unsaid (c) Thandeka Gonde 2009

Image - lauracohenphotography.com   He misses her the love of his life But he is here and I am not with him How could he be When his heart aches for her She is away But with him In his thoughts and in his heart It’s me he married For the baby he did it honourable man I think of letting him go free him Let him fly to his soul mate But then A slice of a great man Is better than a loaf of an average man This is the burden I will always carry Knowing He will always be here But I will never be with him.

Positive's always overidden by negative Beauty never lasts Pleasure is momentary Why should love be everlasting? If it be positive, it sure does sour; for it exists not in a vacuum Dawn proceeds - lighting the world Birds wake to celebrate Praising the rise of yet another day And at the melody - the bright sunshine smiles on, warming the world. Dew drops - flower buds pop open Colouring the world. Light, music, warmth and colour Is it not all beauty But such becomes too much for the negative force And darkness hastily shades everything Does not the kangaroo keep her joey safe and warm in her pocket? Does not the gull feed her chicks from the nest? Does not the cheetah show her cubs how to hunt? Does not the zebra foal lean on his mother to balance the wobbly legs? What but undying love could such gestures be called? But close by - lingers the negative force Death in the hands of an enemy for the young cub Death - to blight all the affection Love exists no...

I am too imperfect to stand in thy presence I don't have any right to question thy ways your will goes But sometimes I shake my heard in frustration and aske why? I am too much of a sinner to understand how you do things But sometimes  I ask why didn't it go this way or that way My way What do i know about I only wait for your guidence Which i know won't lead me astray But sometimes lost and confused I ask where is the damn guidence? I understand why I don't have a mountain of bread But surely a few crumbs won't do me harm Sometimes it's all I ask for In frustration I sometimes say Where are the damn crumbs? But then what do I know about life bread and crumbs?

You promised to be there,take care of my every need,i have a need to be hugged and held so tight its a physical pain to breath. You would provide for me you said,i hunger for all that i know you take for granted,feed my soul. Everything hugs my body like a second skin,most of it is gone torn,proof of how many years have gone by,clothe the body that is at war with the soul. The children of the cloud have no mercy on my tired body,constantly i am washed clean and reborn to the world.Mostly i face the earth as a creature belonging to the sea instead of the land,even the wind laughs at me as she carrys me left right and center.Shelter just my head under your wing,dont let them get a glimpse of my nakedess. Can't you see that you neglect me!Who else will take me in if you close your eyes like you didnt see me right now walking beside you.You are my mother,my brother,sister,friend granparent but i glare into your eyes as an enermy ready for battle.Thats my life daily nothing else...