POEMS SET ON FIRE Poem by Mazisi Kunene

POEMS SET ON FIRE



I shall invisibly follow you into the sacred vaults
Deep in the belly of earth where you hide your burning poems
From a distance watching you raise secret words as the torch
Nay, the comet illuminating the arc to the depths of sunsets

Mazisi Kunene
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: earth
poem poems Earth
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