Cat Like Poem by Thabani Khumalo

Cat Like

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Hey brother, I know you figure yourself to know really well.
I know you have seen me grow and you have no question
in your mind you've always been there.

There were moments in the day...
There were moments when you felt energetic and you momentously played;
Paying all that tribute to your sugar rushes;
Moments of cheerful glory with the allure of friendship - deception.
I was there all alone trying to reach the hidden figures of the wretched nature
And I had tears in my eyes crying about the things I didn't know.
I was a child trying to reason around death and life,
I travelled too long and too far in the seconds of your absence
To listen to voices that were inclined to silence forever
And they kept repeating to me that I should be still and listen to the silence.
I came back branded with a shear understanding and drained, feeling slackly and hungry.
I came back a brand new child each time I travelled.

It has happened now that I have grown up and I don't feel so good about myself -
The things you don't know about me; I have mentally evolved like a cat
And I feel alive in the dark and when face the wild
To dominate over it and form the new face of fear.
Your goals are not mine and neither is your success.
I have lost a soft spot for everything and my emotions have transmutated.
I have become a dreaded monster that prowls and roars in the night.
I have dreams by days and missions by night.
I have developed hatred for domestication and become fond of the wilderness.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: transformation
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