Gushu

Malakeng Hloma 1977 (Maseru)



I knocked into her life one morning.
And exited in mourning.
Who she was I understood.
Who she is I will never know.
She was
Beautiful
Helpful
Truthful.
She never resisted speaking her mind.
Until she could never mind
Maybe I lost my mind
But now I could not figure her
She is
Confusing
Blaming
Uncaring
Not the dreaded pretty thing three years ago
Not the hardworking student a year ago
Nor the ambitious honors scholar of late
She is now simply GUSHU

About this poem

This poem is about a love subject from 19 years ago...

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Written on October 10, 2004

Submitted by malakeng_h on February 09, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEEEFFFGHAAACCIJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 471
Words 102
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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