THOKOZILE JAMES
Bring me your suffering In drones of your laborious torment To carry your burdens In parcels like cargo and millstone
Relieve me As fragments of my painful memory Pierce and press firm against my heart
Then, like the coward he was Disbanded the apex of my cranium Succumbed me to the untimely pendulum Of his clenched fists
She was a muse In the hands of those Who handled her poorly
Crash and burn The candour of your poisonous sores Begrudge the hazard do I carry for you
It burned like gunfire In a barrage of fragmented steel In a bombardment of misdeeds
Still, the agony of time I come to grudge the taste of your return on my lips
Still, the agony of time I come to grudge the taste of your return on my lips
Rest in pieces The remnants of my shattered heart
