Umusepela Ngoma – Pick Your Poison 2

Nestled once again within the vibrant pulse of the Copperbelt, Kitwe District, umusepela NGOMA returns with a deeper confession-a continuation of a story many hearts know too well.
“PICK YOUR POISON II” is not merely a sequel; it is an autopsy of love after the burial. Where the first poem wrestled with the choice between solitude and a painful attachment, this second chapter lingers in the aftermath, where memories echo louder than presence, and healing feels more like survival than recovery.
In this evocative piece, the poet questions the very notion of time as a healer. What if time does not mend wounds, but simply teaches us how to mask them? What if moving on is not a journey forward, but a constant circling back to shadows we once called home?
Through haunting metaphors and raw vulnerability, the narrative explores the weight of nostalgia, the illusion of closure, and the quiet courage it takes to confront a love that both nourished and poisoned the soul. It is a reflection on emotional endurance-on learning that healing is not forgetting, but remembering without bleeding.
“PICK YOUR POISON II” is a mirror held up to anyone who has ever tried to unlove someone, only to discover that the heart does not operate on logic. It is a testament to growth through pain, to wisdom earned through heartbreak, and to the bittersweet truth that sometimes we would choose the same love again, even knowing the flames.
This poem invites you to sit with your memories, to question your own poisons, and to recognize that even in brokenness, there is becoming.
Because sometimes, the poison is not meant to destroy you,
it is meant to transform you.