Yesteryear Poem by Alison Mujati

Looking back
To tears moulding lifetime streams
Love that knew no boundary
Spasms of pain chained to balmy hearts
Flickers of joy lightening up days
Black magic horror threats
There is more to yesteryear than what meets an eye.

Sunshine lit the city
Rainy days came with joy
We all rejoiced within admiration.

When life twirledin response
Love came like showers
I drank until intoxication reacts
Getting drunk to the other coin side.


Denial visited
How so soon
I wanted more, at least for a lifetime.
Not owning my fate repaid with just a dime
It had to keep me forever
How possible
Next to none.
I'm rueing the day I met love and still.

There is no peace for a living man
Every joy of being born comes with shame
Happy days come minimal
Toilingcomes robust with strength of an animal
Yesteryearlong elapsed yet still suffering after effects.

Good night sleep warrants sweet dreams
My backyard had hooting owls haunting all night.
God's creations used as evil vessels
As innocent as I was, i suffered constant visits
Black magic drowned every other night.

As we live by hope
The past duped me into believing
An unrelatedfuture on the cards
Here I am still clung to lost