Richard Phiri Biography

They say men don't cry
Then does that make me less of a man
Man try telling that to my virility
I feel my own thoughts are constantly at war with me
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This is my letter to future generation,
To Whom It May Concern. Dear future generation this letter I write to you
I write to you with a heavy and contrite,
bruised and full of regrets and now am used to this feeling I guess,
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I wrote my letters to you and i wrote then with black ink its quite sad,
I wrote my letters to you and i wrote them in bold so that you could capitalize on my luck of discretion and finally assess the situation arriving to an obvious conclusion that i needed you back, see
Without you my heart was bleeding and i wish i had written my letters with blood,
The paper wet and brown from the salty tears that fell off from my eyes as i cried for you, see i felt pain and rage but with the pen i had to stay gentle,
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Its four past midnight,
The sun is yet to set but its already dark, and i find myself shuffling my way through this narrow road filled with dust,
Slowly, slowly i'm trudging my way home face down with a lot of stress on my shoulders,
The nibus clouds clad the sun raise as lightening flashes right before the thunder
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I wasn't quiet conversant with the literature so I had to break the rule and find an,
Unorthodox way of writing poetry because my heart desired to be expressed
So these are, Heart-felt  feelings encrypted in words and that explains why I speak with so much intent,
To the extent of shading a few tears when am reciting these poems because at times I feel as though the wound is still fresh,
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