Berto Kamp
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Poem "Hunchback":
- published October 28, 2009
- viewed 14 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«
»Angel Mother Of Mine«
»Berto's Prayer«
»Blackmail«
»Blue Car will do«
»Coal Shed«
»Desire«
»Disarray«
»Kibera Slum«
»Lamb to the slaughter«
»Life of an Unknown Man«
»Madness of a sane man«
»Man with fish«
»Midnight in Fes«
»Omie 8th of May«
»Piteous sight«
»Possibility«
»Rain«
»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«
»Torrential Rain«
»Unknown Path«
»Victim Of Prey«
»Zenith«
Visit Berto Kamp's profile page
Poem "Hunchback":
- published October 28, 2009
- viewed 14 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«»Angel Mother Of Mine«»Berto's Prayer«»Blackmail«»Blue Car will do«»Coal Shed«»Desire«»Disarray«»Kibera Slum«»Lamb to the slaughter«»Life of an Unknown Man«»Madness of a sane man«»Man with fish«»Midnight in Fes«»Omie 8th of May«»Piteous sight«»Possibility«»Rain«»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«»Torrential Rain«»Unknown Path«»Victim Of Prey«»Zenith«»Hunchback«
by Berto Kamp
Silently I walked alone
Carrying my burden on my way home
Crouched over I was bent
My troubles alone had I spent
All these years bundled up into one
This was no idea of frivolous fun
How many times did I try, over and over again?
To release myself of the inner pain
What I had been through as a child
That grew with me all this while
Time had taken its toll
Cynical and unethically cold
Not thinking that life could be a dream
It was then I finally did see
Walk up straight and leave that load
A hunchback I will not grow
Carrying my burden on my way home
Crouched over I was bent
My troubles alone had I spent
All these years bundled up into one
This was no idea of frivolous fun
How many times did I try, over and over again?
To release myself of the inner pain
What I had been through as a child
That grew with me all this while
Time had taken its toll
Cynical and unethically cold
Not thinking that life could be a dream
It was then I finally did see
Walk up straight and leave that load
A hunchback I will not grow
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Esther Odendaal: "You capture the harsh truth of loneliness, and the choice one makes alone, to rise above it all, Brilliant!"- Hettie Van Zyl: "Yes expierences through childhood can have a great impact on a persons life as a grown up. Thanks for this thoughts."