Tanyaradzwa Karen Guwakuwa
The pain could be felt from the heart.
Everything seemed shattered and torn apart.
Since the time I was brought into this world,
As soon as you gave me life,
You just vanished into thin air and left me when l needed you the most.
Every minute seemed like an hour,
Every hour seemed like a day,
Every day seemed like a week,
Every week seemed like a month,
Every month seemed like a year and,
Every year seemed like a decade,
As time passed by without you by my side.
My eyes were always watery every day as I was being castigated and had noone to act as my shield as you left me to suffer alone in this fiendish world.
All l could do was to just cry in vain.
Your absence in my life when l needed you the most,
Made my life seem like a horror movie.
It felt as if l was captivated and would never be a free bird.
I was like a sunflower growing up without its sunshine as l grew up as you left me when l needed you the most.



