I waited for you last night
I waited for your last night
I lay there in my bed
like a plucked rose
its falling petals my tears
the sound that my room
inhaled
drew in softly
swallowed
in my ears
was the tapping on the window
getting up
I opened it
and a moth flew in
powdering my neck
shrugging
I caught its tiny wings
and kissed it
I climbed back into bed
with it
and left it to flutter around my head
I waited for you last night
By: Zindzi Mandela
"Sudan is not really a country at all, but many. A composite layers, like a genetic fingerprint of memories that were once fluid, but have since crystallized out from the crucible of possibility" Jamal Mahjoub, a Sudanese novelist
6 comments:
hi kizzie...this is my first time here sorry it took me so late lakin what can i do I am sudaniya it's in my blood lol..I also relate 2 ur experience of being dissatisfied with many things sudanese ppl do (just like u said being late and having 2 live ur life 24/7 around everybody else and their pets lol...but I also hate how sudanese ppl always have an opinion about everything that u do in ur life or what I call tanzeer) glad that I came by
Hello there,
did you say tanzeer? Dana we are going to be good friends!
I know what you are talking about!
They feel obliged to say their opinion although they are not, I swear I will be perfectly happy with my life if they didnt comment on every tiny thing I do.
lakeen nagool shino, sudanese people are shamshareen but they are the sweetest people ever!:)
thanks 4 ur comment:)
shaklik kida u have also suffered a great deal from the great sudanese tanzeer philosophy lol. yes we are shamshareen, but thank god we are sweet like u said. I remember watching a documentary called the Mysteries of the Nile (a must see) the team went rafting in the nile visiting Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt and when they were in Sudan they noted the rich culture and history of the country and the wonderful nature and great hospitality of the people of sudan. That made me feel so proud 2 be a sudaniya :)
oh i forgot...I would love 2 be friends with u, and since sudanese friends borrow stuff from each other (which means u will never see it in ur life ever again) can I borrow that blood diamond picture u have on ur blog? I really like it..thx
Dear Daana,
I have to watch this documentary:)
I will get you some really cool wesbites about sudan too:)
ofcourse u can borrow the blood diamond pic lol u can borrow everything (except shoes n bags lol:) )
kizzie..thx 4 the quick reply. I'll be waiting 4 those websites befarigh al sabr. looooooool @ except shoes and bags (we'll see about that, things change eventually lol) thx again
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