Ntando Mlilo's Poetry

You

I tried to comprehend ,
I tried to claim it ,
but I failed:
until you took my shame ,
I did not comprehend your love,
Until .
I made you lord
I could not begin
to live.
For so long,
I said, "you were dead and unreal"
Then you broke into my darkness
Consumed my dark and unfaithful heart
And liberated me.