Gwinyai Vincent Makwara

My State Of Mind

 

Wednesday, 27 April 2005

Home
candle in the storm
With no destiny
Self imposed blindness
The rude Kilometre
In the darkness of the night
In the grave of my mind
Always bright
Cold Truth
Second Wife
Drunkards

 

COLD TRUTH

 

I could have smiled at him

And be good pals forever

But losing him forever

 At the same time

Or strain our friendship

By saying my mind

That was a risk

I had to take

I poured a bucket full

Full of the cold truth

Straight into his face

I hadn't really expected

He would take it from me

And neither from anybody

But I could not keep quite

Seeing him kill himself slowly

Wasting himself away

Like a candle in the blue wind

After I had finished talking

I felt relieved

But he didn't say a word

He just gazed at me

Like I was a stupid dog

He then turned

And slowly walked away

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