Where are you,
You who was promised me
As we are all promised another
In the fairy tales?
Have we yet met
Only to deny each other
On the basis of prejudices
Long held?
Or are we yet to meet
One day distant,
Once life has taught us
To cherish unreservedly?
My journey thus far has been full,
But lonely,
With few to share both the highs
And the lows;
I have a lifetime of giving
Pent up inside,
Ready for release;
I miss you without knowing you
And wait impatiently for you.
Where are you?
I am here.
Right here...
Waiting.
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
(Self-published. Please contact author directly to order.)
Enter the pages of diaspora in quiet introspection. Bathe your thoughts with subtle humor; synchronize your spirit-sense with history-in-heat; fall headlong with eyes wide open into
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