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walani-ndhlovu
walani-ndhlovu
Student at Mzuzu International Academy.
Thou still swing in palms of others And cease not to wee wee on backs of mothers With endless tears when on shoulders of fathers Enjoying the freedom before your hair turns grey No words demand thy need but cries Then the germination of voices that luck no lies Becoming a teen, restless spies Who doth explore ere their old age The grey colour awaits for your hair That graduates thee for self good care For thou then art wise on life's voyage stuck nowhere Till you find the Gray hat that symbolize long life A pool of tales your head shall be Around the evening fire, embarrassing the linkled face of thee In a ring of offspring that loves to hear but does not agree Thinking old man's words are jokes of the day Laugh not upon looking at Gray-haired fathers For thou still swing in palms of others And cease not to wee wee on backs of mothers Yet have no idea of what it takes to be wise.
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 7:13 AM UTC
When the hair turns grey
No sun sets before a whistle calls Inviting ears to the hat that echoes cries With unlinsable eyes that rain oceans drowning the nose While out still the whistle seeks replies The crowd absorbs the deflecting sound in the night Where the only mic is the preacher convening the ceremony Then the whistle blows again when the sun casts bright To remind those who forgot to summon Not only the elders are alert by the whistle But also hoes and shovels along with their boys That assist in digging an underground castle For only the burial takes with it a whistles voice That whistle is gone come not another But no sun sets before a whistle echoes skies As to day it's them, tomorrow it's us, let's go gather To the house that echoes cries.
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 7:01 AM UTC
The hat that echoes cries
Our faults shimmer before the public Like lies in the eyes of teens But our good hibernate from others Advertising our wrongs and sins Friends and trust are what blaze our hearts To hurt us ere our sights spot And it takes us long to hang lens To audit what's dense to float We hardly contend our lacks That lay fresh and young to cure themselves And our needs emigrate the earth After the betrayal from what we thought helps
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 6:56 AM UTC
Our blindness
Down I'll ride to my maid Across the water to the river end I'll reach Where I'll see several smiles As they saw me getting off the beach My little boat shall wish to escort me But he neither creeps nor has legs to walk So he keeps on jumping up and down trying to peep And blames the trees which won't let him see me talk My hands shall be set to take out a gift Nothing precious but a cloth covered in red To indicate the love I've carried all the way through So she sees my love before I take the morning bread The little cloth shall be smart and well presented For he has a crash on her as he once told me So I shall grab him off her hands if she loves him a lot To leave my maid alone and leave our courtship free The crowd shall party and sing on the day Tears of joy shall drip off her eyes when I'll carry her home But before that I shall warn my boat To float safely over the excited winter storm Then down I'll ride back Across the water to the other river end I'll reach Where I'll see several smiles As they watch us getting off the beach.
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 6:25 AM UTC
Across the river to my maid
I'm going down home Where I graze to ****** hunger And graze to feed my anger But let me not be alone They should welcome you too I'm going down to the hat That's full of comfort and love Upon which the sun wishes to come down from above So let me not be alone They should welcome you too Up above it the moon glitters And asks the stars if they would shine To watch me approach with friends of mine So let me not be alone They should welcome you too The friendly people are waiting for me But aren't waiting to see me alone For they are happy to see visitors but sad to see them gone So let me not be alone They should welcome you too.
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Sep 15, 2014
Sep 15, 2014 at 6:17 AM UTC
Going Down Home