"You Never Cried for Me" by Johann P Boshoff

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You Never Cried for Me

you cried for seagulls in oil and sludge
for aimless whales washed out on shores
for bone-starved cattle in spreading deserts
you cried for forests being burned
for crops that failed to bear their fruit
for drowning floods bursting banks

you cried for all and them,
but, baby, you did not cry for me
no, baby, you never cried for me

you cried for street people begging on sidewalks
for the hungry, the shelterless in far-off places
for millions suffering HIV and Aids
you cried for war and terror and disaster
for old folks being killed in flats, on farms
for kids being abused and raped

you cried for all and them,
but, baby, you did not cry for me
no, baby, you never cried for me

you cried for a father who was drunk and shot you
for a brother who turned his back on you
for the crowds who couldn’t care
and you cried for the lover who did not want you
for the lover who did not want you
for the lover who did not want you

you cried for all and them,
but, baby, you did not cry for me
no, baby, you never cried for me

you cried for all and them upon these shoulders
and buried your face in my affectionate whispers
you cried for all and them upon this chest
and buried yourself in this, my fond embrace

you cried for all and them,
but, baby, you did not cry for me
no, baby, you never cried for me

yet when you emptied my shoulder, chest, my arms
when you fled my heart and hands and hollows
and my pain was drought and desolation
with not even tears to quench my hurt,

you cried for all and them,
but, baby, you did not cry for me
no, baby, you never cried for me

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