Do not declare me dead

Phelokazi 2002 (Eastern Cape)



I hear those voices!
Sirens deep voice speaking to me,
I run trying to escape oh God they have found me !
This isn't me cz too long they've taken me,
This isn't me cz I do not exist .
Pulling me from all direction i do not resist
The anger in me has lowered no longer a beast
But still don't deserve ropes on my wrists i still breathe .

If I were long gone would be atleast
I rest I rest cause I been over powered ..
Oh god not a asking for strength peaceful death instead,
Atleast not on the streets may I be taken to my homestead,
Oh ancestors welcome my soul here I'm approaching ,
My heart is torned am approaching It am couching not coping the pain is real not faking ,

Oh they've killed me I no longer exist
Take my body home I'm from the
Eastern !
That's a bit too far atleast take me to the Cape
Unlimit those speeds spin those wheels home I wanna be ,
No take a U-turn i no longer wanna be a t the cape
Cannot utter  anymore am losing my breath ,
My soul and body are in division
But if I die make a combine of Eastern plus the Cape
An equation to the Eastern Cape .

Mind you the roads by now are ungravelled
Rush me home my hole is awaiting
Oh divide my skeletons cz the other half belongs to my husband
Blurry as I see who are these people
Who are you ?who are you?
No answers maybe am on mute
Untrue this is don't wanna be a mule


Do not declare me dead i'm alive

About this poem

A young African woman is trafficked to a foreign country. By the "do not declare me dead" she's literally begging not to be killed atleast

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Written on August 20, 2022

Submitted by phelokazinohlaka on August 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAABBXX BXCCDD BXXEAEXXEE BDXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,389
Words 307
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 10, 7, 1

Phelokazi

A young African woman woman from South parts of Africa (South Africa) , started writing at the age of 13. A secong year student whose life is poetry because poetry is life, poetry heals. With poetry I strive to better the lives of the poorest communities from my country. " I have a dream" more…

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