When Life Happens Poem by Mixo Malepfane

Do you see me cry without tears
Have you been hearing my silent scream
Are my wounds invisible to you
Can you not taste my pain
Are you numb to my suffering

I am drowning in my own tears
My voice makes me deaf to your council
Am I a losing what I never had
My mouth is dry and my throat is sore from my own words chocking me

This is not how it should be
A life I live that is not my own
I am invisible to the world and yet I am of the world
How long will my struggle continue

It is painful to lose a fight I never fought
Her words still comfort me like the day I heard her cry tears of joy when she held me close to her bosom and called me her pride and joy
She said I was born to be great and to do greatly things
Even thou I do not see what she saw I will still believe her words