Gone Too Long Poem by Onalethuso Petruss Ntema

Gone Too Long



the child did ask
their elder, a task
to the death of their parent
who has gone too long in silence
from the day of brutal eyes
of pain, hatred and blame
to the days of silence
without better in all silence
as was told not to question
nor say of their missing
soul beneath their hearts
than their tears over the hills
to which the parent had so gone,
was told once more
their parent had gone to the fields
for all seasons of their life
or long gone to the mines
way further too far from their child
and would come back at sunrise someday...

the child's longing days for their parent
had all come and gone in silence
like the fallen trees over the shadow
of winds in all seasons,
to which all dwellers and mourners
have all faded and shaded
their faces with instant dry tears
for them had so gone, too
besides the emotion of missing
a loved one long gone
and gone too long...

in all dreams and nightmares
the child did ask without care
'who is to comfort me?
who is to nurture my soul?
who sees and feels all my tears?
where has mama gone for too long?
will papa ever come back to us?
when are you coming for us?
why should we suffer
at the mercy of the world?
when will all this going to end?
will it end?
why us, why you? '
and no answers had come forth
from the busy and silent walls
of memories so hard to fade away...

the child to their eyes
had seen the deepest of many,
been wrestled to a silence of any
but muscled to the dark walls
to which beyond there was hope
to cope with the loss
and shine again to a missing rope,
like the shepherd knew his grass
for the sheep and goats
to feed,
the fox knows to a carcass
the bird know to a nest
the lion knows to its prey
the camel knows to its season
the mother knows to a child
the father knows to a matter
the farmer knows to his yield
the hammer knows to its nail
the child knows to their heart
and darkness over their shine
shall come to pass
as their face smiles
to the heights of greatness
with soul and emotions of life
though gone too long.

opn18042013/0833

poem: 'gone too long'
book: 'google eyes'
year: april 2013
book no.4 of 2013

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
this poem is to the orphaned ones; be strong and firm on your feet to face the tribulations and successes of life without defeat nor retreat. be blessed, the almighty is always there to guide you through and follow your heart to greatness.

mambo music+poetry, botswana.

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