Living The Moment
Masukani Mphande 2004 (Rumphi)
I don't belong
Am not a citizen
Rather,
Just a passing pilgrim.
I don't possess this residence.
Though I hold it,
But in a second
It all can blow away.
I stumble and fall
In this path I walk
Because my feet ache and swell
Of the little thorns I step on.
Am not home,
This much I know
But each passing day,
I embrace the hope, the peace
That I have
On earth
Now, as I breathe.
In the moment
I therefore live,
Not flee.
Despite the blows
Thrown hard at me,
I will wait still
Till the last moment,
When the trumpet
Shall finally sound.
About this poem
The poem tells about the patience the persona has despite the hardships he/she meets as they live on earth( third and fifth), it also shows how the persona is satisfied with what is given to them ( fourth stanza) as they wait for the end of the world or their death(last four lines of the fifth stanza)
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