Cry of the newborn
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I am a newborn and I don’t like it
That is why I really must cry!
I have just been smacked hard
Though I have wronged no one
I have been yanked from peace
To a violence of noise and color
I have been forced to breathe
The impure elements polluted
I have been awakened to hunger
Though not enabled to fend
I have been held helplessly
Teetering on rough hands defenselessly
I have, most importantly, been interrupted
Thoughts most divine cut away surgically
Immersing me into the mental haze of a toddler!!!
© GIDRAF MWANGI
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Submitted by GIDRAF on May 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 1 |
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