A scowl of sun struck down my mother,
tolling her grave with golden gongs ~ 'Lament' Sylvia Plath
Do not abandon the faith in me-
The wailing grows louder and louder,
And the tears fall as shooting guns-
In time, the echos will cause landslides,
Do not abandon the faith in me,
Set adrift spinning, lost in alien galaxies-
Wave after wave of painful shame;
Moments relayed into a future-
Weaving a legacy to become undone.
Do not abandon the faith in me,
In vision obscured by lies-
The pain that is slapped away;
As a mountain precipice hides the sun.
Do not abandon the faith in me-
Though steel be born out of fire,
And madness covers gaping wounds-
The dizzy lacerations must stop;
From faith is born vision and strength.
J.Bibi
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