Written by Trevor Mhlanga
(Edited by Kudakwashe Nhlanhla Chikosi )
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Have deleted your number
Let it go down the history lane
Like a former ruling party member
Now facing the rejection cane
Like an out of syllabus textbook
It's need has become obsolete
Though it was a good cook
It's now just an empty plate
My lips still have the aftertaste
Of uttering your name
But time will be the toothpaste
And in another time a new name
Have deleted your number
But have not forgotten
For it was more than a just number
It was the path to the cistern
But the well is dried up
And the water is no more
It's not that I have given up
But there's nothing to hold on to anymore
Like a worn-out pair of shoes
You no longer fit comfortably
I've outgrown the old blues
And embraced the new liberating me
You were once my guiding star
But now you're just a fading light
I've come so incredibly far
It's time to bid you a final goodnight
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