Tracks of My Tears

By Francis Xavier R. Chitanda

This is a compilation of quite simply put, a man’s life journey expressed in open, honest and quirky poetry. Based on the author’s personal experiences this profound collection touches on an array of life matters; parenthood, politics, love & lust, friendship, wrong-doing, successes & failures plus much more. Readers will identify with the author on a personal level. A great weekend read you will find one of those poems to resonate with your own experiences.
Francis Xavier has gifted all revenues and royalties from this publication to the charitable trust he helped found. The trust has a charitable arm inspired by his late mother in law who he never got to meet (read his poem to her inside); The Alice Award seeks to support the pursuit for education and excellence for the girl child and the youth in Zimbabwe.

By purchasing this book you have contributed to the Alice Award’s charitable endeavours. Thank you.

By Portia Chitanda

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781312765986

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Tracks of My Tears

An expression of emotions and thoughts through spoken words still unsung. No rhyme gives no rhythm hence these words remain unsung.

Francis Xavier R. Chitanda

Globally available ▪ 2015

Published in January 2015 adapted from the author’s publication of December 2010

Published by: Francis Xavier R. Chitanda

ISBN 978-1-312-76598-6

Copyright © 2015 by Francis Xavier R. Chitanda

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information retrieval systems without written permission of the author.

Conditions of Sale: This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

This Book has been gifted to the City Patrons Foundation to aid in raising funds for its charitable endeavors [The Alice Project]. All revenues generated as a direct or indirect result of this book and its contents will be passed on in full to The Alice Project which helps supports the education of the girl child in Zimbabwe.

This book is dedicated to those girl children and their educators who will receive the help and take full advantage of that gesture to improve their lives and those around them.

Unsung

Wish I could sing brilliantly

And all my words be sweet music

I would sing for and to her

She would hear me and shed a tear

I would wipe it off her chick with my palm

And she would leave it all to me.

Dedication

To all my Muses

These are things only I can speak for.

Ever since I found the power of poetry back in my teenage years I have always used it to express my thoughts, feelings, dreams and life’s experiences. These are the things and thoughts I have been through and only I can speak for, but can never show you the evil that men do.

I am not trying to exonerate myself from my wrongful actions. I decided where the coin fell; I was a knowing participant to getting here. These words are neither for my judges, jurors nor are they for my adjudicators my tears have long since dried.

This is me sharing the unsung verses from my random emotions. I will try and have a conversation with you about some of the verses and the emotion behind them.

My Tears

HELLO

▪ get to know me

ODE TO MY POISON

▪ kissing Stella ▪ untitled

EASTERN LANDS

▪ asia ▪ city hall ▪ bitter days ▪ dinner invitation

RANDOM THINGS OF LIFE

▪ kings & kids ▪ ask me again ▪ state of his mind ▪ horses ▪ speechless ▪ to sky father ▪ child birth ▪ words to my first born