I Remember Days Poem by Nkululeko Mdudu

</>I remember days when
I sat alone in the dark
with images of beasts
dancing beside me.
all the while my gratest hazard
was the thought.

But then you came in,
turned on the light and
with an unintelligible smile;
watched the monsters disappear.
then you walked towards me
and stood like the leaning tower
which came down hard with these
words: 'ufuna ni apha/'?

'what do you seek here'
'what are you doing? ..

Of all the thousands of words
running through my mind
I could only find reach for one:
'Me'
Half asking, half telling, addressed to
you and me. then you turned 'round
without a sound and left.
you turned the light off but left
the door half open, with your lights
shining beyond.

Oh body of my soul!
slowly you walked,
but you walked
and you left me sitting there:
head on bed,
heart on hands,
limbs, bones and breath,
feeling detached from myself.

So go on and write
the report, I know
you hate paper work,
but you were the one
that found me.