Identity Crisis Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

Territory
Gang fights
Tragedy
All in search of identity

Penitentiary
Hardening of hearts
Sense of comfort n' belonging
All in search of identity

Narcotics
Need for power n' recognition
A deep plunge into obliviousness
All in search of identity

Out at belching seas
Deep into eerie jungles
Windy rains n' dark rolling clouds
All in search of belonging

Need for attention
Morbidity
Your body size is of no value to the predators
In all your hustles, know where you start n' end
21 December 2021