Fallen

By Molayi Selanga

My world has fallen

 

I feel it crumbling down from under my feet.

 

Everything to me feels dead and gone

 

I have got holes in my heart

 

I have lost a home and purpose

 

Lost freedom and the essence of belonging 

 

Living like I got no identity 

 

Am walking down the avenue of agony

 

My black heart is burning dim

 

I wanna go to the land that’s far away

 

But how am I supposed to get there with the way that I am living today?

 

My life comprises of losses, fails and falls

 

Turning my life into snow

 

Shining like a fairy beacon

 

Shooting it up straight to my heart

 

Just like a shooting star in the sky

 

Falling to unknown location

 

My life crumbling in this refugee camp

 

Living without a purpose

 

And without a dream to hold on to

 

Just hopeless vision that everything will be fine

 

But it’s still the same

 

Luminous visions in the middle of the night

 

Fallen on top of the mountains

 

To the blossoms of unforgettable nightmares

11 September, 2023