If And When I Die Poem by Onalethuso Petruss Ntema

if i die
never ask yourself why
i had to die
because i'd have died
so wipe all your tears dry
and move on for another try
for pain is all within for a bligh
and if i live again.....sigh!

when i die today or whenever
i would die a sad soul forever
for life with no meaning is never
a life to reckon with, ever
and my soul may go wheresoever
to find eternal peace howsoever

say not that you did not know
nor did you not blow
the whistle for chains
on my hands sore
and again i'd just bow
to what it should be, though
the distance drifted further
to strain me not to go further
my legs sore to a weather
from toe to toe and further

if i die
never blame yourself how
i had to die
because i'd have died,
when i die
know that i'd be gone
away from your eyes
and yours too shall follow,
never should you cry
nor ask yourself why
i had to die
i'd have died.

opn11022011/0300

poem: 'if and when i die'
book: 'google eyes'
year: april 2013
book no.4 of 2013

revised on 15042013/0823