Hupenyu ivhiri
Ndakagara ndinofunga kaviri
Dai ndakasikwa segonzo ndichidya hangu nhoko dzezvironda
Vaisaseka
Dai ndakazvarwa ndiri shiri,
Ndaisagaya kaviri
Ndaibhuruka
Kwayenda mhepo
Vaisaseka
Makomba anyanya
Kuita kunge matanyera
Vanotofunga kuti ndinofamba ndichibhamba
Hamba yakada makwati
Dai ndaiva hamba
Vaisaseka
Chisekwa
Ihakwa hwemakomborero
Kumeno yaSamatenga inotapira
Sedamba
Inotamba pasi kuputsirwa, kuti ibude
Chero Jobho akakwenya wani
Nhamo ndakatamba nayo
Kusvika yakundidedza kuti “sahwira”
Asi Sahwira mukuru
Imhuru, bhuru pavanotsoma,
Zvishoma zvakandibura mubhodho resadza
Kuzivikanwa nemhanza pamusika
Sadenga, kutuma ngirozi
Kurapa njodzi yenherera
Ndipo pakaperera rusangano rwenhamo
Tikatozoona tatobhadhara rusambo
Tsitsi dzinopisa kutambura
Akashandura hupenyu hwangu
Tsitsi mukadzi wangu,
Wafireiko?
Tanyaradzwa Tiffany Nyikadzino aka Efuru grew up writing poems, pursued the passion beyond the diary in 2017. Her poetry is a story of life that paints a picture of the world as she sees it. Efuru is a Page Poetry Alive Resident and has performed at various open mic events, the Miss Harare Grand 2019 finals, ZiFM’s Backstage with Tshilla, Heart and Soul’s Recharge with Rutendo Mutsamwira, Heart and Soul’s Book News with Khumbulani Muleya, ZBC’s young, Gifted and Talented and 2021 SADC rights poetry festival; to mention a few. She has recently published Fading Rainbows, a collection centered on mental health.