Story Me || Gatluak Makong || Poetry

 

story me

love me, love my life. 

one day i will turn to dust

and the soul of me would be alive 

while the flesh of me die. 

 

one day i will be termed gone 

where the poems i wrote will 

build freedom. free the freedom

is to be sang again.  

 

tomorrow i will 

be poet at home. 

 

poet writing odes to freedom  

because home is never free. 

an artist whom by will could died 

before his death knocks his door. 

 

tomorrow will i 

be poet to be freed at home 

to be freed by love and beauty

when beauty freezes itself

 

tomorrow will i 

be the freed child 

when freedom is freed

because i live now wanton death. 

 

tomorrow will i 

be the beauty of your morrow 

though today is my sorrow 

story me i am a poet at home.

Gatluak Makong is a poet, writer and bookworm who is a South Sudanese. His poetry based on understanding of the universe, human experiences, beauty and love. His works have been featured by ikike arts and forthcoming from double speak magazine. He loves listening to folks music, spoken word poetry and creative podcast. He is known as General Lord which was given to him by his secondary school long time friend, Anena Fiona.