She is the storm
That blows your mind
Moving  back and forth
With thunderstorm that massage your weary body
And lightning that shines your dreams

She comes with noise
Not to scare you
But sound you can dance to
Glittering floors swept by wind

She's not just any storm
But thunderstorm when you need sound
Lighting when you in darkness
Wind to blow away all your ***** laundry

She is the storm
Moving back and forth

-Lakhana Mnyani

Gidi gidi
The sound of their dusty feet
Oversized overalls with gumboots
Sweating,anger all over their face
Sore lips, puffy eyes, tremble voices

I watched their action
I heard their shouts
Yelling, grumbling and threatening
''Increase our salary,increase our salary''
They know thy self
They know thy enemy

I heard a thunderous voice shouting
''We should fire them''
Tears rolled down my cheek
Why so easy to put one down
Sifelani isizwe ngenxa yemali?

I heard gunshoots people screaming sadly
Yhoo yhoo yhoo
The scene was like genocide
All run for their lives
But too late to escape the deathline
They were killed like flies
Blood gushed all over the place
Their life flashed with the blink of an eye

Tears rolled like waterfalls down my cheek
Why so easy to **** someone?
What about their loved one?
Griefing,suffering,anger they will have

I fell down unconsiously
Thoughts crooked my mind
Why killed when you save your life from the yoke of slavery
Why killed when you ask for equity

Marikana you drained our power
Kids are now fatherless
Wives are now widows

-LakhanaMnyani

Have you ever feel so small
Your presence unrecognised
All your praises goes to your twin
You all there useless
Like a sack left on the shelf

Even those you helped
Not recall your presence
Only think of you during pitch-dark days
Everyday everyhour they think about your twin
Isn't that so heartbreaking?

I doubt if ever my heart will feel better
It is ripped into pieces
Its veins fails to pump blood
Ain't having any energy to fight you twin
Will shine when my friend night allows

Oh twin oh twin oh twin
I only need one favour from you
What have you done to get their attention?

-Lakhana M

I once asked a guy
"What are we?"

Was lost in the mist
Like lonely sheep in the field
Trying to get a direction
Like a pig swallowing in the mud

I could hear the wind direction
Buckling back and forth
My question whispering again
"What are we"
"What are we"

I heard a voice mumbling
Far from where i was
"We are"
"We are"
"We are children of God"

-Lakhana

A home filled with warmth and nurturance
Where you don't have to bluff yourself
Because no one judges you

A home full of consolation
With people you can lean on
Through thunders and joyful times

During pitch-dark days
With no direction to move forward
Powerless,misery and mournfulness
Falling down from cloud 9
Their hands always open to catch you
They never wane from your sight

Family is everything

-Lakhana

Am tired of sitting in this bench
Waiting and waiting
Where are you?

Yesterday you promised to come
But you didn't
Today in the morning i went to sit in that bench
Hoping you'd come

While sitting i heard some footsteps coming along
I heard some butterflies gurgling inside my stomach
With joy i swiftly stood up
With my eyes closed
"At last you arrived" in a hushed voice
But no one respond

I looked around
But nought was a stirring
Only me, myself
Oh no am i imagining things
Where are you?

-lakhana

Dear future
Your invisible doesn't scare me
Nor your plans

Present is my weapon
Past is my experience
That makes me ready to meet you

The footsteps you hear
And dust on my feet
Are the signs that am coming
Not late, not early but soon

-Lakhana

It's hard to admit
That you no longer my twin

Your absence ripped my heart
Left it bleeding
Am out of plasters to cover the sores

Was it worthy it for you to leave?
Am cold and scared to live in this cage
I miss being squashed around your warm arms
Giggling and smiling
Your soft hands moving around my physique

Our funny chats and passionate kisses
Is all i need
Maybe if we could meet
Our eye contacts will abuts the dead feelings
Reminds you the good times we had
And promises you've made

Was about to give you all of me
Because i heed how cosy i am when you are around
But that is water under the bridge now

-Lakhana

Love is kind
Love is patient
Love is not proud
Love is not rude

Love is beautifully
Love keeps us alive
Love doesn't get easily angered
Love doesn't ask why

Oh i recalled new beginnings of our love
Our first time we met
In the garden of Celebration
Our affection began
We made promises
We left a mark

Atmosphere so cheerful and cloudy
Birds singing so nicely
Sun smilling on us
People passing by, smilling

You shared stories
They were all worth it
Your hushed voice massaged my heart
Like a nice song breaks through my eardrum
Your eyes full of love
Took all my attention

The way you stared at me smilling
Melts my heart
I knew by then you the one
Our eyes connected like a magnet
I wanted to kiss first but was bit shy

Boom out of the blue
You pulled me closer
Our lips met
We kissed
We worry nothing
Was just me and you
Our moment
Our Galocher

-LakhanaMnyani

I am a human-being
I breath the same air as you
Ndinegazi ndifani nani

Don't look me and get it wrong
Was not my intentions to live this kind of life
I was pushed down by so-called lovers
They pushed me so hard that i fell down in deep hole

Don't look me and get it wrong
Am tired of living in this hole
My eyes are open but i can't see
The burden on my shoulders drains my power
So hard for me to climb up
Am swallowing like a pig in the mud

Imagine swallowing with an empty stomach
Oh no!
Isn't that an endless game?

Please help me find a way
Help me find a light
I can't take it anymore
Ndingumntu nam
Ndinegazi ndifana nani

-LakhanaMnyani

NdinguNontlalo
NdinguNontlalontle
Am not your friend
Nor your enemy
But that person you need when you lost in the mist
Like a lonely sheep in the field

I abuts the weary lion inside you
Only need your say
Only need your courage
You with me it can roar
Not for you only
But for the whole community

I am the social worker
I direct you to paradise
So you won't get hungry again
So you won't always need me

I make no decision
You make it by yourself
I only guide you to right path
NdinguNontlalontle

-Lakhana Mnyani

Let me be your teddy bear
Let me be your art
Let me be your beautfully sunrise
Let me be that thing you scare to loose

Never mind the hills in front
Just put your eyes behind them
Where you will find me waiting
So we can embrace together

Let my feelings flow in your vessels
Like river flows on the mountains
Let us get each other and be one
Like ntlaka nomthi

Let me

Somethings are not to be said
They're better to stay in the heart
Locked-up with master-padlock

Imagine spitting-out awful words
Isn't that show how ***** you are
Somethings are better kept as secret
Buried 6 feet down
Down in the bottom of the heart

Somethings are not to be said
Don't cast words roughly
Assume all got strong hearts
Strong hearts get hurt too

Remember the wheel turns
Your present might be your future
Like yesterday might be your present

-Lakhana Mnyani