Average lifetime is 28,000 days (75 years)

Average lifetime is 28,000 days (75 years)



mist, fog, — words absorbed into the drops
dimmed by haze, obscured and dazed
thoughts are stuck but cannot stop
Khayelitsha,
Kibera, Orangi Town
Wakeful the night, robbed of its sleep
hunger and fear and pointless the tear
a man and a cat prowling the street
paw-print in mud, squealing and blood
hiding away under a sheet
gunshot and scream, then comes a thud
violence by dark the truth is so stark
Dharavi, Neza-Chalco-Itza, Rocinha,
Manshiet
A day has died.
(nothing changes)
When I wake up my day is born
For sixteen hours then I blow the horn
I want to plug my mind into another source
and believe I have access to a hidden force
(a voice calls “change it”)
To leave the mundane behind
Stop leading a life so blind
in what has become the perpetual grind
and a dis-ease infecting my mind
(on the cusp of change)
Jump onto dreams, not one but three
Climb ever higher up my flame tree
To be free and unobstructed see
Touching the blue reality
Unlocking life with my unique key
(embracing change)
Now, never more and with pressing resolve,
before my wings retract with fear
I am heading for another hemisphere
upon a tune only I can hear,
clearly ready to evolve
(change)
The sacrilege of losing another day
A blasphemy if I would stay
There is no other way
I am flying without delay
Now I can play
I love my day
Let's play and play my beautiful day
your weight, so light
my body against yours so tight
an urgency in parting
once more you pull me close
then I will leave
you whisper please don’t go
innocent and curious this night
we have till dawn
only the candle knows
and when the cuckoo calls
again I shall run on
to shine this fairy tale
across another page
and when my glow becomes a burn
open the book and I’ll return
