The gods have had their fun
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I was issued from a whore
And discarded to a children’s home
My daily ritual was abuse
And my nightly penitence hunger
My coming of age present
Was a bouquet of curses
Every hope finely ground to dust
And every wish turned upside down
Every friendship I sought out
Was given in bitter betrayal
And every kind deed I did
Rewarded with jealousy and envy
Every bright shiny ray of hope
Was rewarded with agonizing despair
And every fantasy of intimacy
A torture tool of sadistic denial
I wake up every day reluctantly
Dreading what I am waking to
I go to a fitful sleep every night
Hoping it’s the last one
A dry racking cough plagues me
In these desolate moments of hopelessness
And the flicker of life has run out
Due to continuous decline of fortunes
I came to this world unwillingly
The toy of some celestial naughty
Now after years of torture play
Am discarded in a dark box in the attic
Old, full of dust and weary
My soul creaks like my joints
The gods have had their fun
It’s time for me to rest
© GIDRAF MWANGI
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Submitted by GIDRAF on June 08, 2021
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 991 |
Words | 192 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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