Love Poem: Beast Called 'Life'
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Written by: Nasilele Mubyana

Beast Called 'Life'

Though his fist weighs me down with his dominance

He brought an umbrella for my heart on this sweltering day

It would take more than a black stain

Upon my eye, to have me leave the beast

Though his fangs may be sharp and his claws all too jagged edged

It’s like honey at the tip of my tongue

Like the click clack at the break of a writer’s block

Moments that draw your every dedication

And fight the nooks and crannies for which suicide hides within

I could never leave my beast

The silence that shoves reality into my face

The ripping of sleep from my way

To love a beast? How could I?