Revive Your Joy Poem by Thabani Khumalo

When I fall short of inspiration,
I begin to search within my cells for sad and shameful apathy,
I recite until the awful phenomena puts a smile over the scowl of my face;
but drawing inspiration from sorrows
is all tiresome to level up to momentous cheer.

When will you be expecting me to write for you a poetic piece?
From the deepest thoughts of your mind,
and it seems as though you do not have an answer to your seeking heart,
draw out a line as a cue and I will follow through
with a pattern of beautifully sewn-up words.

Whenever you read from the words I have built from your cue,
you will begin to sense a resurgence come to revive your joy -
because poetry, on earth, is the work I do best.