REFLECTION

This reflection in the pool
A mirror of death
For a fool

The ominous crows
Will take flight in prose
Writings in the land of rose
Showing the hypnotic adolescence
Scavenging in the streets of chance
Mesmerized in their arcane habits
Drug defined habits of pits
That leaves them in tunneled status
Their bodies uncontrolled like statues
Minds lost in dreams of lust
Their raving existence in a bust

A mirror of death
For a fool

Their narcotic glowing necromancy
An abused edifice will not fancy
Sleeping in beds of marijuana
Comforted in the arms of a syringe
Swimming in the pool of cerebral decay
In my hometown D.K
Their wombs hungry for more
Hearts pumping, no more
At the corner of zombies
Where they will offer you demise
Reflected in the eyes of strangers

A mirror of death
For a fool

In these misconceptions of hierarchy
No one holds the key
When my brother is but a cardiac male
A letter I will not, to our mother mail
His speech putrid on my shell
Abusive with his mouth pale
In the house of staggering hearts
An apologetic contribution to the arts
Self-love in the mirror of death

This reflection in the pool
A mirror of death
For a fool

By Linda Sakazi Thwala