Things We Lose Poem by Mbusya Wa Mbusya

The day I lost my tooth in a fight,
and I spitting blood felt the worst,
But I won the fight and felt the best,
But then losing all to get all wasn't right.

One day I placed stakes but lost the bet,
All the fortunes I had in pursuit for more,
I felt some numbing pain never had before,
It broke my heart like it did for my first date,

A friend called me over some double tot,
Then we lost entire day seated in a dingy pub,
-but what loss really compares to death stab?
Or may be losing humanity for the sake of it.

Zacharia lost his temper,
Elvina lost her only child,
Maurice lost his job,
-we will all lose our lives

Like I lost my tooth in a fight.