Broken Sonnets Poem by Sinaso Pamela Mxakaza

Broken Sonnets



Prophets lie
poets die
In a new age
where bullets
are red from
bodies lain
Elders die
looking into
youth's eyes
with blame
We were raised
like weapons
fighting past battles
Thirsty for prayers
to know the secrets
of what holds birds in flight
In sync with God
but our mothers hearts
were crawling to
a better place
Our fathers
an ideal riding
into the sunsets
and when the sun sets
our hearts cemeteries filled
too late to fulfil our dreams
caught in nightmares
that are our daily existence
telling the walls
that tomorrow
we will dedicate an hour
to living
and the walls aren't just
a part of a mere building any more
they are hopes we carved on there
at our darkest hour
they are poetry corners
where the sun shined a little brighter
just for you
they shelter broken heartbeats,
love letters to love,
Gods face

A man's word
Used to be his honour
Your highness

Objection!
The law states
Man is free
within the barriers
of chains
Free to be victimized
Killed within an inch of his life
within a mere breath
of his being
Emptied of his soul
Just a vessel
minds systematized
Time tells us
that what was
will be
It impregnates
child slaves born free
With voices of power
filled with messages

His story
cannot be a tragedy
Mother breastfeed
Your seeds sunshines,
Rainbows, folk tales
Cradle their necks
with faith
Strengthen their hearts
with meekness
Tower over their growth
to catch winds that
will to carry them
in all directions
Name them
Soldiers of
The lords army
with birthmarks
the skies echoes
That they may leave
their prints on the
sands of the rested
as blessings
A reminder that
we are all just humans
believing theres a reason
we are here
And we have seen
freedom nakedly
With redemption
on her back
calling for repentance
we still bleed
for salvation
not knowing
what's killing us
betrayal is
ripping its knives
down our backs
Lost songs,
days fade into
just a blurry
new beginning

Learn to embrace change
Prophets lie
Poets die
In this new age

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