Old Friend [ For Zes] Poem by Lungelo Mpatho

Lately I have been thinking about you
Brother
Before I fall asleep and sometimes before
I become awake…
Are you warm are you cold where you lie
Can you smell the flowers of May?
Can you feel the sunshine in your eyes?
Or the wind when it blows at the night’s
Silent fall
Why did you have to leave it all behind
So suddenly
Brother to my soul
Boys until the End of Time
Does your spirit remember me?
I remember how I found it out
The day I came looking for you
With my girl to show her to you
They told me, you are not around
I said, can I sit and wait for him
But they said you won’t be coming;
Coming home any more…
It took me a while to get it, but
When it finally hit me it hit me
Like a lightning bolt from hell
Down to the ground I nearly fell
I will never see your proud gait
Or hear the sound of your laughter
Never in this world again...
I trust that you are good, my friend
And that we do meet again sometime
Somewhere in God’s plan, Supreme