I Was Alone Poem by VUSI CHRIS VENUS MALALA

WHEN THE DAY PASSED, I WAS LEFT WANDERING
NOT KNOWING WHERE TO TURN TO AND WHO TO CALL.
AS THE DARK AVAILED IN THE FACE OF THE EARTH
I WAS ALONE, DUST CLOUDED MY VISION & SEEMED LIKE I WAS LOOSING MY MISSION BUT I TRIED TO BE STRONG FOR MYSELF AND ALL I SEE WERE PEOPLE MISJUDGING ME LIKE I WAS WRONG...
STILL I STAYED STRONG

I SHROUDED MY SORROWS FROM THE CROWDS AND SHUN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT LOOSEN THE ESSENCE OF MY BEING
I SCREAMED LOUD TO THE CLOUDS BUT NO ONE COULD HEAR ME
AND I KNEW I WAS ALONE
I TRIED AND FAILED, CRIED AND LAID MY SOUL TO REST.
I FELT STUCK IN A DEEP HOLE, I LIFTED MY HANDS BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO PULL ME UP.

I LOOKED AT MYSELF AS A SUBORDINATE BUT I WAS BETTER THAN THAT,
I HOOKED MYSELF TO THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF THE EARTH BUT THE WINDS WHIRLING AROUND ME WERE TOO STRONG
AND IT WAS LONG BEFORE I COULD RESCUE MY SOUL AND LIFT IT ABOVE THE SOLES OF MY FEET

SAD MY AMBITIONS WERE AMBIGEOUS
I ABANDONED THE KNOWLEDGE OF MYSELF, ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE CARRIED AWAY BY THE WHIRLING WINDS OF HATE THUS CLOSING MY GATES TO FREEDOM.
I OUGHT TO BE FREE, FREE FROM HATE, FREE FROM ENEMIES AND FREE FROM MYSELF

THEY TRIED TO CRUSH ME BUT THEY COULDN'T WAS ME AWAY.
THEY TRIED TO PUNCH ME BUT THEY COULDN'T TOUCH ME
I KNOW I MAY BE ALONE BUT I'LL BE HOME SOON AND
THIS WILL BE A DREAM THAT WILL BE SHATTERED BY THE BEAM OF THE NEW DAY

AND FROM WHAT I KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE GRUDGES IF THERE WERE NO JUDGES AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ALONE

THE HAND THAT REACHED OUT TO CARESS ME SHOWED ME THE CARE OF MOTHER-NATURE BUT I WAS SCARED
AND I FELT IMPAIRED BUT THERE WERE RULES I HAD TO
ADHERE TO.
'M SCARED, HURT, HAUNTED AND WANTED
BUT ALL I KNOW IS

I WAS ALONE