Millions of oily eyeballs
Hypnotised by one swinging ball
Of such reckless proportion
In such a glamorous scene
As things become graver
Too terrible to remember
Nor could we close the greasy mouth
For she was much too high above grace
Until she saw herself begging for mercy
Upon meeting her haggard reflection
And stopped laughing abruptly
At the feet of the barbarians
Billions of muted screams
The earth howls from each corner the same noise
Victims with enough time to worry
Head bedsores for those who can afford them
Too heavy too hard too far
To begin at ones own feet
Put away that weapon of love
It is too soft for this kind of work
Where is your blood
Because horny will turn
Perfume will never disguise poverty
Love comes long after it has gone
That man showed us he was mad
These alarms can no longer be snoozed
The iceberg approaches
There is no formula
It won’t be found on Mars
Because love is right here.
(Poem in progress)
Copyright © Nomzi Kumalo, 2014.
Hi Nomzi, I don’t know enough about poetry to say more. I loved it.
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Hello Joycelin, thank you for your appreciation. I reckon that you know enough about poetry to know what nourishes your soul. So I thank you for taking the time. Have a lovely evening. 🙂
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Nomzi, this piece is so complex; and I agree with one of the earlier comments, beautifully crafted.
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Thank you Dionne. It came about from alot of passion and determination. I have never written anything like that in my life.
I just went to look at it again and all the paragraphing had disappeared. How? I do not know.
Now it is a little less complex and compressed. Just a little. As it was when I originally posted it. Paragraphs are so important you know. Now it breathes again. Have a relaxing week. 🙂
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Reblogged this on pl0mpunany .
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Beautifully written.
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Thanks and thank you for taking the time to pop in and see what I am up to. A lovely surprise 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thank you 🙂
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Crafted beautifully
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Thank you once again. Have a lovely week. 🙂
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