Garth Rakumakoe

The Mothers We Lost

They are with us -

 

We carry them in our spirits

and constantly mural their faces

on the walls of emptinesses

left before us

Their legacies we carry

within us

In our silences they visit us

In the numb vastness of our nothings

the sound of their voices

never forsakes us

 

Unendingly, memories

of their vintage masterpieces

forever remain

from the other side

melancholic mighty shipwrecks

that sank in the turbulent expanse

of ached elusive longings

down to the midnight floors

of our hearts\' most deepest oceans –

 

They - are with us