Today you’d have enough courage to step out, you swore! But there’s an invisible barricade at the door You’re a shackled prisoner in this unconquerable internal war It’s not your fault that your minds been blocked by a bezoar Stepping out is a burdensome chore The harness snaps and your guts splatter to the floor So you’re stuck here alone with these awful thoughts that you abhor
You’re asphyxiating from melted iron ore You’ve become so accustomed to the shitty taste of your gore A misery that grows like a tumour and is as loud as lions echoing roar
The unsurvivable pain that you’re inured to surges out of your pores as you wonder, how much more of this will you be forced to endure? Torments your pimp, you’re his favorite whore your mind has been raped to its core you try to pay off the debt from his sins, but the interest only becomes more
Tomorrow you’ll be brave enough to step out the door, I’m sure…
Shaakira Ally is a poet, spoken word artist and published author from South Africa. Shaakira is the author of A Pariah’s Heartbreak, which is a series of poems which explores themes such as metal health and abuse. Her first novel is titled I Swea by Azania, which is a story based on a girls tragic life during post apartheid.