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By
Antonella Corradetti
The Witch
Inspired by Zura Karuhimbi
I saw the darkness in a man’s heart
my eyes witnessed violence, hate in machete blows.
Hutus and Tutsis
same flesh, turning against each other.
I gave hope where there was none,
fear soaked faces, who was going to be next?
I stood still and firm against menacing threats,
death sat next to me and watched.
People called me a witch,
my only weapon was calling the spirits and shaking my bracelets
Tutsi rebels feared my cursed magical spells.
I put my life on the line to save lives.
I lost my own blood to genocide,
I learned the value of people,
I saw the violence in them, corpses mutilated.
I am dead now and I hope my actions would one day reflect on the world.
Repeat history no more.
Love Trap
Beat up by the hands of love,
a stolen life turned hell,
the impossible was laid at your feet.
Servant to your temper,
your rage, unstoppable,
a mind sunk into furious madness.
Wore a coat of normality,
my scars hidden, fearful silence,
emotions crawled on in thin air.
A man’s story, the abuser I was not,
a victim, a property in my own house.
Isolated and tortured,
my life was not mine to live,
your controlling mind, frenzy attacks bent my will,
I felt human no more.
Worth a smack on my face,
vicious thirst took pleasure in my sufferings.
My silence broke out,
a confession saved my life,
I survived a sick love,
I survived you,
I think of you no more, darling
no more.
Thank you Mariangela. Poetry moves conscience and hearts and conveys social, political and human related issues
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Great and thought provoking poems.
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