JEREMIAD: "NIGHT ECHOES" BY MAURICE CHIADZWA

Like your voice echoing in the night

Torturing me, in my aching plight

Memories are no longer vivid and bright

And hope for “us” is nowhere in sight

The days have limped way past,

Our banner of love on half mast

The shadows of loneliness we’ve cast 

Corrode my heart like some dark rust

I still want you close by my side

But this distance is an ocean wide

And a loveset view agonise my sight

When emotions haunt, there’s nowhere to hide 

How do I ignore that which is within?

How do I shy away from what I am keen?

Do I keep a head high with tears on my chin?

This pain stain just won’t wash out clean…

My days are lonely, my nights are hurting

And an echo from the past is all I am getting

MAURICE N. CHIADZWA

- Zimbabwe

The poet persona feels scared and lonely during the night. The bard wishes someone is by his side. Each turn he makes during the night, he remembers his painful past_for the voice has no one to speak to.