You Deserve Better Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

Like a pebble that lies by the wayside,
Hidden in the deep peering with one eye,
Everyone passes, thinking you are sand,
For looks deceive even the wisest.
Hidden in you is the essence of being,
Hidden above the earth where we live,
Where the blind never see even at noonday.

You embody nuggets that are you, figments of truth,
Never told of for they are rare,
For in you is the dazzle that frazzles,
Even the wisest from the rear.

Watch them coming one by one
Those who will dare to drink of you,
This cooling drink and let it run,
Down thirsty throats that sing your name,
With rough voices from the future
And leave you down and without song.

Those who will yell obscenities within,
Earshot of the grace you are
And live you fallen and then stand inside,
Were not meant, to go to the end,
Hand in hand down the road with you,
For the future calls for kings only.

They are wealth these kings for you,
They are dew that sparkles on grass,
Out on the lawns on which you walked,
Eyes closed by the beauty of green.

Look harder for they have one eye,
Cast on you, not at all sure,
If they are really seeing right,
This princess that threatens them,
With a crown made of truth.
For love you are and power too.