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Crossing Borders poets
On looking back
On looking back
On looking back
I stand on the charred stump of timeTo unravel the maze of my rusty footprints
All I see are deep furrows
Tearful furrows
Draining my once steel confidence
I see corpses of my ambitions
I see the ashes of a fire that once blazed in me
I see voracious termites gnawing at the roots of my future.
© 2005, Dakarai Mashava
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On looking back
I stand on the charred stump of timeTo unravel the maze of my rusty footprints
All I see are deep furrows
Tearful furrows
Draining my once steel confidence
I see corpses of my ambitions
I see the ashes of a fire that once blazed in me
I see voracious termites gnawing at the roots of my future.
On looking back
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