Poetry by Nobuhle Mzobe

One Day I'll Go,and Never Come Back
One day I'll go,not because I want to,
But because I have to.
I'll go not to town,
but deep down,to the cold land
underground,I'll be laying straight
inside a coffin,where there'll be no more
talking or moving...
ONE DAY I'LL GO AND NEVER COME BACK.

One day there'll be no more me to tease you,
to upset you,to laugh at you and to make love to you,
Oh,I won't be there to love you...
I won't be there to put a s,ile in your face,
I won't be there to make you laugh,
all my work will be enough,
I'll be gone,long gone,and gone forever.

No one will accompany me,
it is said that blood is thicker than water,
but on that day,not even a family member will go with me,
i'll be all alone,leaving even my thoughts and ideas,
my pains and frustrations,my dreams and my values...
everything I knew,will turn to nothing,
I will know nothing,my body will be an empty vessel,
it will just be a soil fertilizer,
my soul will go to a silent and peaceful land,
ONE DAY I'LL GO,AND NEVER COME BACK.

You will cry when you remember me,
when you miss me,
when you see my images and when you hear my voice
but it will be no use because there'll be
no more me to comfort you...
during sleepless nights and hard days,
a film of your lovely memories with me will play on your minds,
you will always cry
and wonder why,
but it will all be no use,
I won't be there to wipe off your tears
and to help you through your fears...
I'll be gone,long gone,and gone forever.
cease the moment because life is too short.