Poverty now becomes his name!

Poverty now becomes his name!

A Poem by Yolanda Cee

Circumstances derail his efforts
Almost at the peak of success.
A small string just pulled
Then all he worked for 
All these years crumbles before his eyes.

Oh! Holy Mary mother of God
Queen of the universe,
Help this poor thriving young soul.
He lived an honest life of pain
Why did he have to end up like this?

There is no going back now.
Locked up in his own deteriorated life,
All he can do is seek the divine.
The divine that sometimes acts funny,
It may act against the vulnerable for no reason.

Suffering at the hands of a framed fraud.
His battered suitcase waits for him
To take him back home and face pain.
A life of starvation and squalor awaits
His arrival. Poverty  now becomes his name.

In contemplation, he makes silent lamentations.
Prayers of vindication against daylight beasts
That took away that little chance he had
To be a director as he always wanted.
Unfortunately poverty now becomes his name.

© 2022 Yolanda Cee


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Yolanda Cee
Yolanda Cee

Harare, Mashonaland east, Zimbabwe



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I am a 19 years old female studying law in college. I started writing when l was 13. the years in between l had abandoned writing first because of an emotional breakdown a serious then later l just de.. more..