I have lived a life less untold tattered soul and unmendable heart Left lying here in the darken place Blood taints my hands, tears burn my soul Life is a constant battle with my mind
Watching life drain life given not a job for a mean man Silently hiding my fear hiding my pain behind these brown eyes is my blackened heart Am I meant to love Am I meant to die with all that stain my hands
Am I a child lost in play Or a man in constant war Place it behind like nothing happened Or Hold it in mind to ware away my person Thus a man is mealy a Killing instrument For those who pull the strings is this the fate of a soldier or a warrior To watch another man whose strings have been pulled to go glassy eyed Just for the Claim of land and country or pride and respect
We gain everything from these puppet masters Nightmare, Fright, Pain, Sorrow thus am I a perfect killer now Blacked Heart, tainted soul stained hands These things are meant to be given to another But I cannot tell if I have them myself As I am meant to kill can I truly love This is a story of a Darkened heart soldier Who will live and die upon a pull of a string
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
My book of poetry is being redone by me, I have a beautiful cover designed and the book will have a few more than 200 poems in it. I am going to have it printed on demand here in Canada. When it is done I will let you know when it is done and if anyo