Lonely Bird Poem by Kondwani Simwaba

Lonely Bird
Let her shout out her feelings in a song; let her emotions speak louder than a gong; let her voice be heard over the Himalayas; let her heart's 808 beat simultaneous; let her sorrows be seen; let the hummingbird be her next of kin; I say! Let her eyes pour out rain; let her song describe her pain; stop her not as she cries; just let her alone as her melancholy dies; don't you act like you cared; because y'all abandoned her when she scared; she had no eyes yet she saw your plastic smiles; colder than June's feel on ceramic tiles; I say leave her alone...
See her wonder in the skies; trynna flee from this world full of lies; who was her voice when she couldn't speak? Who was her pillar when from Sunday to Saturday she grew weak? Who was her eyes when she couldn't see? Who carried her when she twisted her knee? Who cleansed her eyes? Who bonded her family ties? Let her be! Leave her alone, like you did when she was born; I say keep your compassion; now that you see in her glimpses of smiles you wanna have passion? Please! She tumbled and fell, never quite needed your help to face gravity but her brain; i mean she grew stronger because for each time she got crossed like a rail she had to train; she was mocked; trampled upon; loathed; beaten; but like a fine sword with great metal she was smitten; so just let her be...
Let her speak just listen; just be meek and glisten; let her smile; because of sorrow it really has been a while; let her flaunt herself; for she's no longer anyone's slave, just look in her shelf; let her rejoice in her own; like golden memories to pawn; let her rule like 30cm but only because she's the Queen; let her speak from her heart and worry not for it has always been clean; dare not to stop her for y'all abandoned her when she was but a lonely bird and this bird has always been my mother; that's why to describe her these words I gather...
#Love you momma...