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

 

SECOND WIFE

 

 The man, the beast

The one I call father

Not only broke my maidenhood

But also made me pregnant

The evidence was growing inside me

The wound, the painful reminder

That when mother was away

The shameless dog, my father

Sneaked into my into my room

And raped me

Neither once nor twice

But several times

He threatened to kill the whole family

If I tell, dare spill the beans.

When he discovered

The traces of his devilry

That I was pregnant

He had told me

To flush it, down the toilet.

 

 

 

 

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