You tell me I've changed, <br />I can see you are right. <br />Your tongue do restrain, <br />I do not want to fight. <br /> <br />Keep quiet and let me think! <br />Trying to figure out who I am. <br />Brown, blue, green, purple or pink, <br />Oh no, thank you mam. <br /> <br />Those alien words fill my ears with doubt, <br />Trying to find something to smile about. <br /> <br />Travelling wore out my shoes, <br />Wore out my sole. <br />But mother it's you I'll choose, <br />To save my soul. <br /> <br />Are you hungry? <br />Oh I didn't cook. <br />So you're angry, <br />Or is that how you always look? <br /> <br />Stop for minute and breathe, <br />It would make your breath more bearable. <br />We are of the same breed, indeed, <br />So I couldn't be that terrible! <br /> <br />Just relax and let me be, <br />The change that is within me. <br /> <br />You see me roaming in and out <br />Looking, and ever seeking, Ma; <br />A little something to smile about.<br /><br />Nkululeko Mdudu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/something-to-smile-about/
