Jackie Kalyamba – AFTER LOVE AND FEAR

Jackie Kalyamba – AFTER LOVE AND FEAR

Jackie Kalyamba  is a young poet from Kabwe, Laupula, Zambia. He is the last born in the family of 9. He is single parented.  He is doing Plush Engineering in Zambia .For more information you can check some of his work on The Soul Writers page via Facebook. 

 

AFTER LOVE AND FEAR

 

 

After love and fear, there’s pride

After tears, the night

After all the words are gone,

A chair with just one light.

 

After memories, the dream

That you will come home safe

After sleep, another day

Of waiting for my life.

 

After hope, the happiness

Of thinking of your love

After moments of despair

A stone no thought can move.

 

After all the sacrifice,

The hunger and the pain,

The passions and the promises,

The losses and the gains,

 

There’s nothing but my love for you,

Which waits upon the wind

To bring you from the barricades

That now you must defend.