I want to be Poet
Kenneth Maswabi
I want to be Poet
I have been to the classroom of knowledge
It is full of thirsty brains and hungry
attitudes
There is no room for a soul like me
With no intention of sticking on the
saucepan of knowledge
I want to taste the waters of
consciousness
Not limited by the level of my
intelligence quotient (IQ)
I want to submerge myself in the ocean of
awareness
To publish the manuscript of peace in my
heart
And not worry about its validation and
peer review
To gather myself inside the room of
Silence
And not be concerned about my mental
stability
I don’t want to be diagnosed as
antisocial or introvert
I just want to let myself dive deep into
the substance of the spirit
And not be overwhelmed by the burden of
my logical thoughts
I want to be a poet who speaks to
mountains and valleys
Questioning them about their lavish
lifestyle
And the source of their incredible modus
vivendi
I want to be a poet who travels with
sparrows and swallows
I want to be with them during their board
meetings
I want to see them discuss weather
patterns and geography
It is a joy to be able to fly so high and
not worry about falling
I want to be a poet who has no
limitations
Traveling beyond this universe into other
dimensions
Not bothered by the high perimeter of
logic
Or the darkness inside the unknown
I want to be truly free inside the realm
of nothingness
To hold the substance of my being and
feel its freedom
Kenneth Maswabi
