I’ve seen you
Trying to escape
But,
Like an ending circle
You ended before me
Because
You need me
I’ve seen your eyes
Full of regret & sodom
And
You packed away your –
Frustrations
In an attempt to be home
B’cause you were –
Overly
Drunk and disturbed
But,
Your path disappeared
Into some darkness that –
Drives you back to the watering hole
Because
You need me
Your prayers
lack the power to convince God
That
You can make it alone
For,
He has witnessed you
Breaking glasses,
Cutting wrists
And
Surviving in my presence.
So,
Admit it!
You need me
You need me when you’re drunk
Drowning in your thoughts
Because
The world moves so fast
To be studying your tales.
You need me whe you’re psychotic,
Mixing all your drugs
Just to be dead alive
And
Forget about e’ery body’s-
Attention
But
Focus on your twisted inner world
Where it becomes clear
That
You need me
You need me
When
You seek to hide
From all your demons,
Your scandals
And scandalized actions
That
Seek to master a distance —
A distance so impossible to keep
So,
Better keep peace with the dancing fact
That
You need me!
Camagu Gongxeka, 28, is among the Literary Voices in Eastern Cape. He graduated from University of Fort Hare in Humanities and Social Sciences (English & Xhosa, crowned an excellent Dramatis Persona by Divine Casting Agency in Pretoria. After completing his Mental Health Studied, he published his First Novel “Chronicles of a Gangster Teacher” accompanied by an anthology of poems “Prayers from Sodom.” The author strives very hard to remain on top of his game in African literature.
He completed the course of Fundamentals of Storytelling for Teachers and went as far as staging and simplifying the prescribed literature through his brain child “TRC” where he served as the founder and the first president. His works attend to the issues of the mind and surrealism but he always keep an open mind.