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Another Room |
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Fiction |
I must go, I must leave now Swiftly move and find another room I'm a woman, Wading in the waters of my own womb I'm a lover, Lost in the rags of a reject's rental I'm a dreamer, Drifting in the dimness of stolen delights I need another room, All my own The shadows of failure cling to my brow And leave an oduor all too familiar I lay awake tonight in a room too barren Drowning in floods of dead rebirths The winds, the songs, the laughter Still lay in my suitcase awaiting release I must go, I must leave now And find another room All my own I shut the windows, draw the curtains, And bolt the door behind my back I strut out into the sunshine, And board the waiting wind just outside I whistle out the tunes of sour milk That curl behind my flaccid tongue Spit out the gunk of words unspoken, Times unforgiven, prayers unsent Snap my back straight as a soldier's spine And find the rhythm waiting there Right behind by ready heels A room, all my own. |
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Mkawasi Mcharo Hall |