Separation Poem by Iphupho The Dream

Separation

As we grow up
We get distant to our dreams
For we are told they are not good enough
They choose careers bad for our personality
but strong enough to protect our identity

Its as if we live to separate our souls with our heart desires
Parents -maintaining their name through our success..
I remember i was told
Being a poet is hilarious
That there is no way i will be recognised as a world best poet..

And i got separated with one thing i ever loved
A ticket to my better life
They took one thing i ever used to voice myself
They distanced me from my love
And told me its not good enough
It just a waste of time...

But i sat down
Secretly i jot poems of laceration and that of pain
its as if i was antagonised by their words
And i lost myself in their thoughts..
I refused to let go of him
For he is my man
And as a Queen i shall tressure my recapture on a pen and a paper..

There is nothing painful than being separated with your goal
Its like they rip something inside you
You loose yourself in the process of finding yourself on the career they chose for you........

Its okay for our parents to choose and predict our tomorrow
But do they know
Behind these images they portrayed there's a soul of a child that is shattered?
A mind that is prisoned inside a career that they chose for her?
Do they know?
Do they?

- -Kwenadi Thobejane

Date: Oct 16,2018
Subject: SEPARATION......