Voiceless cities

I have visited great cities in this world

and found them speechless, silent,

hoarse, with voiceless laryngitis

I strained my ear, but could not hear them.

Dubai opened its mouth and gurgled strange noises at me

through a gaping hole of opulence and luxury.

Amsterdam confused me with too many streets,

too many faces, and too few fixed opinions.

Glasgow sputtered about old and new

and lost its voice in compromise.

London, Paris, Jo’burg, stared at me with silence,

with no introduction and no identity.

It was only when I stood in the open field of the Karoo,

with my toes curled into its warm sand,

with endless emptiness, stretching before and above,

that I heard a clear and distinct voice calling loudly,

welcoming me home and stretching its embrace wide.

My soul responded with a resonating ‘yes!’ and I was at peace.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

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