by NDILLE NDILLE KOGGE | |
Published on: Sep 17, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=15939 | |
I see the real and the dreams The euphoria and the elation Of those within and beyond the realm Phasing out into Shoel, the great pit. Here is the apogee of frustration The nudity of political perversion. As myself Look in the mirror The untarnished self; Portrait of my innermost horror I see in my awakened stupor… For in the depths of my solitude As my mind waves in its vicissitudes I fear what self I BE-PURE TERROR If hope be but a concrete dream Fear me; here it’s but a mirage For true I can’t my illusions assuage And my frustration has topped its brim. In this cycle of horror, of pain I see fleeting images of war And if with myself be at par Have we MADE OR MARRED? Wherein lays the lofty purpose? For which many now in peace repose Of which much was said and put to prose Whereis the Republica? Whereis its flavor and aroma? Herein this mass all is anathema Herein corruption optima pessima HERE IS THE REPUBLIC! « return. |