She is trusting you
in every move you make
in every step you take
She does not know about the bad things
you are doing to me
When she's out
you want me to touch you
you want to sleep with me
you are forcing me to do what I don't do
You threaten to kill me
If I tell my mother
You threaten to kill us
My mother and me
You pretend to care about her,
about us
You tell her
promises and lies,
and more lies
One lie after another ...
WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY
do you keep on doing this to me?
WHY?
-Mbikazi Godlo
This poem is pure power, Mbikazi: emotionally hard-hitting, painful to read, and relentlessly truth telling.
ReplyDeleteIn these lines, I see that you are a strong writer and woman. Brava to you, for getting right down to it.