JOURNEY

SIPOKAZI MATUTU 1996 (PORT ELIZABETH)



My heart is cut out by a knife,
My mind is destroyed by fire.
My spirit cannot rest because I refuse to die.
Deep I go down to the dark suffering,
 climbing the mountain that is impossible to climb, trying to reach the top.
Every time I climb, I fall into the black peat of doom.
body and limbs feel heavy,
The blisters on my feet tell the story of my journey.
I am weary.

About this poem

The central idea of the poem is the struggle and perseverance

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Written on December 11, 2023

Submitted by sipokazimatutusipokazi on December 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGGG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 376
Words 83
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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