Not Just Any Words Poem by Kondwani Simwaba

NOT JUST ANY WORDS
These are not just any words; these are my stories, my life and my feelings; this is not just mere poetry rather, this is a conviction of those values held so dear to my heart; I mean! Words alone are empty, but these tell wholly of who I am; this is not an ode like any other, NO! This is a weapon; to conquer all my fears and maybe act as my comforter in solitude and wipe away my tears; these are not just any words, No Sir! These speak for me; the weak; the voiceless and the helpless; these are a sequence of life, so look beyond punctuations and the sentencing; look beyond the spellings and the paragraphing, because only then will you fathom their cause; see! These are all I'll remain with when everything else shrivels and dies; when I lay naked with no clothes and my smiles all turn into cries; I mean, everyone has been bestowed upon with immeasurable abilities and I use these words, that one day I may also touch the skies…
I am not a magician but I could conjure these words to depict my soul; I am not a physician but with my words I could heal a broken heart; I am a rhetoric and that's why my words are so sublime; see! Because they can take away my breath but my words will last the test of time; these are not just any words, so look beyond the rhyme; for herein lays my whole worth, even when I don't have to my name a single dime; see! Something told the birds to flap their wings and fly and it turned out magnificent; something told me to pick up my pen and try and it turned out beyond benevolent; I am not a ventriloquist, but I speak for the meek; I am not a doctor, but my words too can heal the sick; these words can fight for the weak and so I will keep writing ‘till one day I stumble upon that which I seek…
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