As the voiceless voice breaks the quietness
In my silent heart in the abyss of stillness
Likewise the October heat rupturing
The whirlwind in the corridors rolling
Warm air in the halls anticlockwise rotating
Windowpanes mysteriously cracking
Lecture theatres yawning
Moment by moment like killing
A hang over. You slowly creep
Like a frail pregnant teenager
Climbing hills of poverty to abort
You stop, everything stops
You stop when time ticks and ticks
Continuing you slowly creep
As slow as snail you creep
You do not mind
Your future is clear like water
You have more time
And you choose to masquerade as a child
Do it. Feast on the cake of pride
Surely, you can’t eat and have it
William Khalipwina Mpina (20th century) Malawi
Source: Nsimbenji
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