Uyaphila, akaphili, uyaphila

Verse For Gudu Thomas Maseko

1.

Invisible fire swallows the eyes

Light

savior and life-giver

Feels like a weapon formed against me

There lies

within my borders

a

Black absence

A vacuity with a name

It is responsible for nothing

I cannot call it to account

For things are past its onus

2.

The past has replicated its self

It travels through time

and presents its self

It is present

3.

Never satisfied

history

Rubs me with calloused hands

I know them

They have cradled me before

Lulled me to sleep

And disciplined my naughtiness

How is their grip tighter, now that

They have gone

How do I still feel cradled

           lulled

             disciplined

Written by your blood and visage: Khaya Maseko