This is an annotated copy of the poem. This poem is one of the poems that the IEB has prescribed for the 2020 Matric year. Annotations provide brief snippets of extra information.
There is no room for you 1
in my heart. The only tenant
who ever lived there left
some luggage behind.
I didn’t evict her. She 5
simply left without a word.
I keep hoping she will come
back and collect the luggage
or at least arrange for disposal
clean out the place, throw out 10
old memories.
I could possibly live with
the marks on the wall. Some
are completely indelible
some I even like. 15
But you see I am afraid
if it all goes, what will I do
with all that empty space.
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