Chimurenga Dreamin'

pic jacked from the fab chimurenga magazine http://www.chimurenga.co.za/

pic by Katlego Mogadima

its the gap in my teeth, the width of my smile

the rickets in my knees,

the wiriness of my frame

its the day i grow from a girl to woman and

my rickets shaped by time to take the curve of my hips,

its the growth of wisdom in the rear of my mouth;

its the gap in my front, outgrown by incisors,

tearing away at life,

while

sandwiched between the chaos and the calm;

chimurenga dreamin',

dreamin' chimurenga,

Still.

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