Romeo D. Matshaba Biography

Remember days gone by when furry dogs would freeze?
I tall tale when I said, ‘I felt heat, I just ate or I just smiled’
Now with a ragged bag and a sack, I am leaving home to chase a dream.
Abandoning you, or saving you? Only you will know.
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I fear, I will not be enough for that world outside,
I will not measure up to that who they expect me to be, want me to be.
I fear the one I breathe… the one I see, will only see another.
I fear for these faults I have, these weaknesses… those flaws.
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I grasp a handful of nothing and a few scraps of death.
I reminisce her sky color in eye, when two tears fell amid the rain
Lips shivered as leaf, heart wept as weak.
Ay, I was in luck to meet your gaze
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When he overwhelmed time and slept among two distances.
With still and golden eyes he stared at heaven: temporarily she lost her guise,
But he now rests amid the painted wall and the fluidly space.
I remember him because he was my father.
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Dear, may I tell you how my heart behaves?
At times, I’m a sagging bird dragging a tired wing,
a sad and ruined statue befallen by rain. Most valued,
lips overlook to mention, that lacking you –
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