I Will Not Say I Am A Poet Poem by Bongiwe Ndlovu

I will never scream on top of my lungs and brag that I am poet. You will never hear me tell you that I'm a writer and I make different words rhyme. But allow me..to tell you who I am. I am the capturer of thought, the analyst of emotions. I am thief of words, a photographer of dancing sentences, I am a mender of broken hearts, a doctor to constipated minds. I am a feeling to the numb, a sweat to the active, I am a robber of hidden agendas, painter of imaginations.

I will never say I am a poet..but allow me to introduce myself. I am a teacher to those who don't know how to rip a pen a paper, I am a surgeon to those who bleed. I am reaper of great emotions, a remedy to swollen hearts. I am a farmer to dry crops and dead leaves. I am the rain dropp in summer, the fertilised soil in spring. I am the manure to a farmer, I am a home to the homeless, the love to the loveless, the warmth to the cold hearted.

I will not say I am a poet, but allow me to introduce myself. I am a reflection to the blind, the ink to the poets, the sun to the darkness, a colour to the light. I am a mirror of the deceived, a winning warrior amongst the army, the smell of rain in summer, the smile of the teary. I am the hope to the hopeless, the courage to the brave and the repairing tissue to the wound. I am a moment in silence, a breeze in the morning, a leaf in autumn and purity in dirt. I will Never say I AM A POET but please...allow me to introduce myself!