The Road From Nineteen To Twenty Poem by Musa Ndhlovu

As I turn twenty; I thought
Of my past, I mean when I thought
Of my last days as a teen (Nineteen)
It came a point I notice some changes.
Some days where I had to be in the
Pain I took many out. Oh misery,
Sorrow and sadness. You came
My way with a blazing heat; You came
Out of nowhere. I could not run away
For you were in me. In other ways
You kept me wondering what would it
Be like when I am twenty. Now this is it.
I am twenty, it is as if You have faded
Into the darkness and I am in the light.
Some days I wonder when will You
Be back or not; it is not like I miss you.
No I don't. My expectations is that
You should never came back: Oh yes,
You are not coming back! I know You
Are not even dead. You are waiting
For those who are nineteen and waiting
To grow and turn twenty.