by mbonisi zikhali | |
Published on: Feb 14, 2006 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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We are spirits Tethered to an adverse existence Slaughtered without occasion Our blood dilutes itself with tears We are spirits In mutilated lodgings We remain calm But our veins roar in turbulence We are spirits Struggling to paint our faces With severed noses We smell the blood-watered roses We are spirits We will find new hosts Whose death will come When they have spoken mighty words « return. |