Anniversary Poem - This Time Last Year

by Muya Koloko
(Cape Town, South Africa)

Light a candle to remember.
Light a candle to recall.
Think of all that kept you stable, while others did fall.
Imagine if you could do it again.
See, if you will, how it would never end.

Seek to defend.

Defend all that was once held dear.
Think of the one that held you near.
Heart flesh now seers.
All can be undone in fear.
Shine that candle to give us some light.
We must fight off the night
With all our might.

Recognize…

All we saw when we locked eyes.
We are life, even when all around us dies.
Look at that light and see we did not err.
Take your mind back, oh please, my love....

To this time last year