Desmond Tutu tells me by Dennis Brutus

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 Desmond Tutu tells me  

I am wonderful.  

I have been a reconciler.  

I have been a forgiver.  

I have been wonderful.  

It feels good.  

It helps cheer me up.  

But you know, I must tell you,  

Sometimes in the night,  

Sometimes in the dark,  

I find my heart weeping.  

It is as if I am bleeding tears.  

They say they made a braaivleis,  

They opened a six-pack,  

They sat around drinking  

While he burnt to death.  

My son burnt to death.  

When he was a baby,  

He would stop crying  

And smile at me  

When I offered him my breast.