A to Z Poems

Answer My Call

Answer my call

Before it is too late.

Carefully call my name and

Don’t call others to you;

Everything is not what it seems.

For me to survive,

Go and say my name.

Have you no wish to say my name?

I wait patiently;

Just say my true name.

Keep it at a whisper and have it fill you with hope.

Love its pure sound.

Many try and fail to hear its glory but

None see it for what it is.

Oh, will you say my name?

Please, just for once trust in me;

Quick, before it’s too late!

Rather than run away,

Stay and say my name.

Trust me and love me.

Understand its true meaning for me.

Very few make it this far.

Will you say my name?

Xhosa is its origin

Yes, just this once!

Zimkhitha is my name; say it once.