Garth Rakumakoe

Tebo\'s Goodbye

An infectious moment

worth a thousand words

 

I got home and took a bite

of the pie I bought

at the filling station

along the way, but then

didn\'t want anymore of it

when you came back to me

 

Had I a camera then 

I would have taken

a color picture;

that visual impression

of you waving me goodbye

from the roadside, behind the house

got so woven into me,

for I realized in that farewell bid

you were giving me

a piece of yourself

 

Till we see each other again Tebo

so much I took from it

that all water became blood

and got so sentimental

that though it was time to leave

all of it was enough

 

It\'s these sort of things

that remind me why sometimes

I yearn to be left alone, vulnerable

to my demons, anguish and music -

By your simple act of love

my fabric was enriched, Tebo