Follow The Poem Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

When it speaks, truth only rings,
When it winds, the path only winds,
When it rhymes, the words only do,
When it jumps, the legs only go,
Do just that, speak the poem,
Where ever you go walk the poem,
You will never be lost.

Even if you followed the poet,
And looked straight ahead of you,
Her eyes are lost in the deed,
Of making it happen.

Make the right bid,
On what you really need,
When the poem has gone,
It will leave you no stone.

Its long tail goes,
As your own thought does,
Making your teeth grind,
The truth in it to find,

Follow the poem,
With hands that never held
What happens in the night,
For it is still in you.

The poem ever faithful,
And you ever full of need,
The two can give and take,
In times when your head you rake.