The Human Spirit Poem by Vangile Mtyali

I watched you
As you took my life right in front of my eyes
And left me helpless
I watched you
As you took my other half
I watched you
As you took a part of my body
I watched as you
As you took my pillar
I watched you
As you took my hero
I watched you
As you took my source of strength
I watched you
As you took the hand that use to help me
I watched you
As you took my shoulder to cry on
I watched you
As took the ears that use to listen to me
I watched you
As you took the one thing that use to make me smile
When I had nothing to smile about
I watched you
As you took the one thing that use to lift me up when I’m down
I watched you
As you took my last meal
my last sip of water
I watched you
As you infected my body with all kinds of diseases
And left it to root to hell
I watched you
As threw me into flames of fire
To burn into ashes
I watched you
As you took my world
My life
My body
My loved ones
My future
My hope
My all
And left me there
I endured it all
Yes I endured all of it
Not once!
Twice!
Trice!
But many times
You thought these things would kill me
But they never did
Cause the human spirit is unbreakable

Vangile Mtyali