Anitah Muwanguzi

Quietly you roar! Desperately you moan

You stand tall as the Kilimanjaro
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Thunder, the sound of it

lightning, the vision of you
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my two- faced tongue rammed a fist in my gut today

got away from me and I never stood a chance
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If something good can come from bad,

the past can rest in peace.
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Heaven is silent

the rush of poetry stemmed
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I happened upon him

A consequence, an unexpected unwanted surprise
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Fingers to lips

still alive but barely breathing
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My frenzied blood waxed molten to ice,
heart melted to stone.
Fear was forgotten,
as her screams stirred the heavens-
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Let's go to the place-
where flowers don't wither and die but live forever
and when we ride the peak of sun-
our passions don't scorch us to extinction
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Words are daggers in your hands

So I ask no questions
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I pen this
As stars are waxing to oblivion, consumed by moon's candor
Even as the sun's fury has the mists fading to steam
and blackest night tucks his victories in breastplate
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Melancholy duels

Fuel helpless longings
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Through puffed up cheeks she exhales-
the thudding reverberates-
tremors that linger millenia after the earthquake has passed-
then the lilt, and tilt- upside down
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I am colder than ice,
my chest an empty hole
you the weakness in me
my own lava
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Soft heavy drum beats

cut through your reverie-
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Kiss the rain, taste the brush of it on your tongue

Close your eyes, head tilted to heaven, feel the rush of it on your face
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We had the blues, heard their chant. They enchanted

the screaming taillights, and the break lights so harsh in their glare
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Faceless creature this one, bows to none,

ranting, cursing, howling, despair, they will move not
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Options: Options

Left: Right
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My dreams.

allies or foes?
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