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Poem Details
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| Title: | Hello, Welcome Home. |
| Author: | Mphae Mashifane |
| Date Submitted: | 7/10/2020 |
| Poem: |
There’s a girl lingering by the door dressed in parts of me Do I welcome her in? Make her coffee? Give her a chair to sit? "Who are you?” I wish to ask. There’s a sense of unfamiliarity in the atmosphere Yet even a blind man can spot the similarities My heart begins to race Then stops as she opens her mouth to speak With a voice just like mine “God ahead”; She says. I couldn’t wait any longer, all my hairs raised as if ready to leave my skin “Who are you?” I asked. “I am…” a lot of words follow, I’m trying to catch on the words, what she means, her voice my voice, so beautiful her smile, her laughter tickles me. I pour her coffee. Give her a place to sit. Listen when she speaks. I give her the bliss of a home. She gives me the bliss of being whole.... |