Venice masks

Sunday 1 January 2017

A war-torn wife - Chenjerai Hove

This war!
I am tired
of a husband who never sleeps
guarding the home or on call-up,
never sleeping!

Maybe inside him he says
‘I am tired of a wife
who never dies
so I could stop guarding’.
Chenjerai Hove (1956 – 2015) Zimbabwe
Source: Poets of the World
Posted by Bruce-the-Sheep at 15:05

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 January 2017 at 00:29

    thank you for this

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  2. Unknown8 July 2018 at 21:58

    Wow. It's essential. Down to its essence & necessary.

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  3. Anonymous22 September 2023 at 02:54

    Understanding towards the tittle, what you think it means

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