Three poems
Ambrose Musiyiwa
beyond hope
beyond hope
grimaces look like grins
beyond despair
desperation looks like resolve
when i see you again
when i see you again
we will not talk
about how each time it rains
i hear echoes of your footsteps
we will not talk
about how i still see signs
of your presence
everywhere
as the sun goes down
in another universe
each time you come back
we watch bumblebees flirting
among flowers
along the white picket fence
and as the sun goes down
you speak of the old souls you met
on your last travels
beyond hope
grimaces look like grins
beyond despair
desperation looks like resolve
when i see you again
when i see you again
we will not talk
about how each time it rains
i hear echoes of your footsteps
we will not talk
about how i still see signs
of your presence
everywhere
as the sun goes down
in another universe
each time you come back
we watch bumblebees flirting
among flowers
along the white picket fence
and as the sun goes down
you speak of the old souls you met
on your last travels
Ambrose Musiyiwa is a poet and a journalist. He coordinates Journeys in Translation, an international, volunteer-driven initiative that is translating Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications, 2015) into other languages. Books he has edited include Bollocks to Brexit: an Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2019), Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (CivicLeicester, 2020), and Poetry and Settled Status for All: An Anthology (CivicLeicester, 2022).
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