STORY ME || GATLUAK MAKONG || POETRY
love me, love my life.
one day i will turn to dust
and the soul of me would be alive
while the flesh of me die.
one day i will be termed gone
where the poems i wrote will
build freedom. free the freedom
is to be sang again.
tomorrow i will
be poet at home.
poet writing odes to freedom.
because home is never free.
an artist whom by will could died
before his death knocks his door.
tomorrow will i
be poet to be freed at home
to be freed by love and beauty
when beauty freezes itself
tomorrow will i
be the freed child
when freedom is freed
because i live now wanton death.
tomorrow will i
be the beauty of your morrow
though today is my sorrow
story me i am a poet at home.
Gatluak Makong is a poet, writer and bookworm who is a South Sudanese. His poetry based on understanding of the universe, human experiences, beauty and love. His works have been featured by ikike arts and forthcoming from double speak magazine. He loves listening to folks music, spoken word poetry and creative podcast. He is known as General Lord which was given to him by his secondary school long time friend, Anena Fiona.
