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Nov 2020 · 176
Qiniseka
Qiniseka
Ngokuqinisekileyo
Uqhawule amaqhina
Uwonyuke amaqhina
Uqengqeleke kwamanye amaqhina
Uzoqina
Uqaqambe ubeliqina
Kuyenzeka ukuqhatheka
Qiniseka
Ufunde ubungqina
Ufune amangqina
Konke kuyagqitha
Konke awunokugqiba
Kuyaqaqanjelwa
Kuyaqaqanjeliswa
Qina ngokuqiniseka
Yithi gqolo ngokuqhama
Uqhamise iziqhamo eziqaqambileyo
Uboqaphela
Uziqoqoshe
Nabanye ubaqoqoshe
Xa simanyene siqinile
Isiqhelo siyayoyisa ingqondo
Qala ngezokuqala kuqala
Xa uqalile gqiba
Xa ugqibile qala
Konke ukwenze ngokuqiniseka
#stand_firm #confidence #caution #poem_for_my_daughter #isiXhosa #Mother_tongue #father_love #Luminati
Sep 2020 · 241
Tambo
Utat'Oliver Tambo
Noba sele engamathambo
Kodwa siqina ngaye mathambo
Eselula awakhe amathambo
Wazinikezela ukuze siqine amathambo
Wasenza ubhabho lobhabho lwakhe
Wasenza ithambo lethambo lakhe
Waqotywa awakhe amathambo
Ukuze kuqine awethu amathambo
Ingqele isitya awakhe amathambo
Ukuze komelel'awethu amathambo
Amathambo azele intsini
Intsini eyenza imfudumalo
Imfudumalo ekhulisa amathambo
Ukukhula okomeleza amathambo
Akomelela akhangele ubulumko
Ubulumko obufundisa ngothando
Kolothando kuzalwe amatsha amathambo
Ulutsha oluzobe lulahlekile uba alwazi ngoTambo
Ulutsha olabuyiswa ekulahlekeni nguTambo
Iintsapho ezasiwa enkululekweni nguTambo
Ilizwe elakhutshwa emakhamandeleni nguTambo
Ilizwe elabuyiselwa ebutyebini nguTambo
Ilizwe elabuyiselwa ezandleni labanikazi balo nguTambo
Isizwe esabuyiselwa ekukhanyeni nguTambo
#Heritage_day
Sep 2020 · 138
yearning
Im trying
Is all im saying
Im no quiter
My mental keeps saying
Im trying
Is the best im doing
I keep on yearning
Stop talking and get to doing
Is all im hearing
Its all about me telling me
Thats all easy said than done
Its what keeps on happening
Im trying
Its just i keep on yearning
Its not craving
Thats what im knowing
Its controling
Its influencing
Its all mental acting
Still im yearning
Still im trying
Acting is commencing
Jun 2020 · 801
bloodline
Our personalities may not be in line
Our lives may not be in line
If our genes are in line, thats bloodline
Our mentalities may not be in line
Our emotions may not be in line
If our genes are in line, thats bloodline
Bloodshed is forbiden in the bloodline
Blood-shared is the foundation in the bloodline
Dishonesty breaks the bloodline
Unity builds the bloodline
Generations are the history of the bloodline
Generations are the future of the bloodline
Kindness flows veinous like a grape-vine
When love is core, the bloodline is devine
Jealousy brings divide
Truth makes bloodline concrete
Genes are the roots of the bloodline
Actions are the stem of the bloodline
Acknowledgement of the bloodline means you're not alone
If our genes are in line, thats bloodline
#family
Jun 2020 · 691
Luminathi
Uthando lukaQamata lumi nathi
Uthando lwemiNyanya lumi nathi
Uthando lwakho,lwethu lumi nathi
Saqala singabafundi singazani
Saya, kwaya sazitshomi
Saya, kwaya sazizithandani
Sagqibela sesi ngabazali
Luminathi, yaligama lobukho bakho
Ubukho bakho bafika nemfudumalo
Imfudumalo eyafika yalulutho
Ulutho lokubabalwa luthando ngothando
Uthando luka Qamata luminathi
Uthando lwemiNyanya luminathi
Uthando lwethu, lwakho luminathi
Ngawe ndaphuma ebuntwaneni ndangena ebudaleni
Ngawe yaguquka impilo yam
Ngawe ndabona ikamva liqaqambile
Luminathi, libhongo neqhayiya ubukho bakho
Ibhongo ezizweni
Iqhayiya lam, lwethu ekhayeni
#Luminathi #daughter #father-daughter_message
#meaning #your_love_stands_with_us #love #isixhosa
Jun 2020 · 1.9k
Humour
There shouldn't pass one hour without humour in one's lifetime/ lifespan
Some think there is no honour in humour
Some in their lives make humour a rumour
Some just don't understand the life brought by laughter
Humour makes life's baggages lighter
Funny that laughter increases one's lifespan
Is it perhaps why its called a 'funny-bone'
Ain't no happiness when one wears a frown
Life's baggages may weigh one down,
Let it be a laughing matter
With triumph comes true stories of laughter
Laughter from humour eliminates worries
Humour has started families
Humour has built friends
Humour has united countries
I say there is a lot of honour in humour
Hobbies in humour
Careers in humour
Wisdom in humour
Jun 2020 · 146
Steam Train
I steam, i blow, i toot
Chuckling, huffing, puffing
Fire inside me
Hot as burning coal
Over parallel rails, i ride
Through dark tunnels, i ride
Under ramping bridges, i ride
Chuckling
I steam, i blow, i toot
Carrying generations inside me
Trusted with delivery
Fulfiling my natural responsibility
Knowing
Failure brings devastating outcome
Satisfact of service is the only reward
Time is not a factor than the destination
Fire burning inside me
Heat supply like burning coal
Energy is not a matter
Heat is what i thrive by
Delivering masses to the masses is my nature
Operations fulfiled by the nature of the steam train
Jun 2020 · 147
FLY
FLY
Sometimes i wish i could fly
Seeing the way everyday we dying like flies
Illusioned by freedom, chained by lies
What such has become of our lives
Trying to cover death with
smiles
Trying to cover death with
monies
Living like in land of milk and honies
Whilst the inside dies, we have immunity to cries
This is killing us softly inside, we can't trust outside
Life has become a jig-saw game, sides versus
Besides paying the price of sins and deeds
Indeed it is our lives trying for good deeds
However all we are acting and witnessing are
misdeeds
Sometimes i levitate
Trying to gravitate
For balance i strive to create
Contemplate, if i were to be summoned by the courts of the afterlife to be a witness,
Would i be ashamed or proud to testify
That is why
Sometimes i wish i could fly
With me, lift everyone's morals high and not fear to die
#tribute #loved_ones #not_in_my_name #black_lives_matter #all_lives_matter #no_to_abuse #no_to_femicide #emotional_conscious_conscience
May 2020 · 143
HelpER
You are the help in the Emergency Room
Not only Early Recovery
But Emotional Recovery
Are just your personal caring services
Medication does the job yes, but
Meditation from the conversations during the injections does the
Healing
Most of us know the kind host of your room, but least of us host themselves in kindness making known your deeds of
Caring
At times not known the enemy, threatning every immune system
You stand firm in the forefront fighting, protecting, providing,
Loving
We overlook your ability of importance because you don't spotlight and plea your case, you remain constant in any case, we only put you first in the case of emergency
Welcoming
Feb 2020 · 151
Yet to be found
One thing I have found
Is that I am lost
In this world
A world I was born
A world I have bore
I feel lost in this world
A world that has me built
A world I have helped build
I don't even realise the path I am on
Is this the final destination
Is there another destination
Am I at crossroads
Am ai just feeling out of this world
I have found comfort in loneliness
I have found silence peace
A world that has gave me family
A world that has gave me acquientances
I cannot distinguish between love and lust
Within the crowd, I feel bound
Within the crowd, I feel unfound
Crystally clearly confused in sanity
Is there anyone realising I am lost
Is there anyone looking for me
It is not even a matter of, will I be found
It is a matter of, should I be found
Alone
In this world I have found
I am lost in this world
Even if I put myself in the lost and found (box)
I don't think I will be found
Here
I am yet to be found
Jan 2020 · 192
change
A
Change
In
Word
Can
Change
A
Word
From
Black
Swine
To
Black
swan
From
Car
To
Care
Jan 2020 · 98
This is it
I am sure
Definately
This is it
I have liked hearts
I have liked minds
I have liked bodies
I have liked personalities
I know this is it
Not grammar
Not spelling
Wording of words
I love what they do
I love how they do
I love why they do
I love when the do
I even know who, Me
Either inhaling them
Either exhaling them
Wording of words
Poetry
Tales
Stories
History
Thesis
Conversations
Verses
Al­l I love
And that is it
#They_say
#action_speaks_louder_than_words
#even_action_is_triggered_by_words
Jan 2020 · 158
vertigo
I know her (plural)
I know him (plural)
I know them
She knows me (plural)
He knows me (plural)
They know me
Everyone is conversing
Everyone is eating
Sipping
Everyone is laughing
We share the same blood
We share the same yard
We share similar sentiments
However
I feel strange
Feeling awkward in this picture
When I'm alone I feel better
Less strange
More free
Maybe
It's growth
It's loath
All I know it's not loathe
#introvert #extrovert
Jan 2020 · 128
Here I am
Here I am
Mouth to speak
Voice to be heard
Head to think
What do I say
How do I say
Here I am
Hands to touch
Feet to walk
Face to express
How do I act
What do I act
Here I am
Am I audible
Am I visible
Am I presentable
Here I am
Ink to write
Emotions to feel
Here I am
#crossroads
Jan 2020 · 189
Dancing with Angels
Let alone the music
It is the feeling
Angels
Sure do can dance
I'm not watching
I'm participating
'Cause
I'm dancing with angels
Angels
Sure do can dance
Ofcourse
This verse inked
In the
Physical relm
Angels
Being
In the
Spiritual relm
It must be a trance
Still, I enjoyed the dance
Jan 2020 · 112
Sleepless
Tossing and turning
Turning and tossing thoughts
Turning rest into work
Working on resting
But in an attempt to rest
I rest unsure
Will this be another late night
Will this be another sleepless night
Tonight is the night
I decide
Am I a difficult sleeper
Am I an insomniac
A restless thought
Why am I even fussing
Over sleep
I guess
I will have to turn to other
Alternatives
Like meditating
While im still contemplating
I know
I will sleep through my errands
Do I even wake up
If I never slept
While I'm awake
I contemplate
Do I need to sleep to rest
Jan 2020 · 155
Secrets
Secrets
Are they worth our memory Storage
Is it still a secret if you share
With another
Being secretive
Is it being dishonest
Why keep secrets
Is it fear
Is it love
Is it protection
Or the true reason
Is even hidden from the keeper
What I know is
Secrets can destroy
Secrets can build
What I don't know is
Do we want secrets
Do we need secrets
Why do we limit honesty
Jan 2020 · 117
Untitled
God loves me, I love God
My family loves me, I love my family
My friends love me, I love my friends
Mother-Nature loves me , I love Mother-Nature
Maruana loves me, I love Maruana
I hate the fact that I disrespect that love with lust
I understand
You dont understand
I understand because its a matter of understanding
That there is no understanding between us
Either you stand against or for me
Either you stand under or above me
The fact of the matter is,
Its not where I am standing
We may stand apart or together
But
Where I stand, I stand alone
You are not the only one with a misunderstanding,
I admit
I too get confused by your understanding
It all boils down to a matter of understanding
Lets just disagree to agree
#Stand-firm
Dec 2019 · 174
Birth / Birthright
Do I have rights by virtue of being born
By virtue of being born am I birthright
Before we take it to constitutional rights,
May we re-begin looking at the rights of morality
What are our moral rights
And
Therefore our wrongs
How do we right our wrongs,
Do we just write them and they are corrected
Do we correct them by acting on them
From birth, we are taught right from wrong
And
We act morally
However
Where do we then lose these moral teachings
As we have come to act so wrong
#Ubuntu
Dec 2019 · 179
Family
What relates us ?
What constitutes family ?
Is it by blood ?
What are the pillars of family?
Or
Are there any pillars of family at all ?
What are the bounderies ?
Or
Is it unlimited ?
Is there any question of unconditional ?
What are the measures to measure functionality ?
Or
Disfunctionality thereof
Is there supposed to be perfect harmony ?
Or
Is it just an illusion in an attempt of order
All the sametime parallel to its true reality
Hence the saying we cannot choose family, we can choose friends
Dec 2019 · 161
Untitled
A picture can say a thousand words
Words can paint a vivid picture
I try to see and paint a bigger picture
But become blinded by meaningless words
How can something so meaningful become so senseless
How can something so senseless become so meaningful
We fail to understand each other yet we talk to each other
We fail to see each other yet we look at each other
We fail to feel each other yet we touch each other
We lose ourselves trying to find ourselves
Could it be true or not ?
The more things change, the more they stay the same
One man's pain is another's pleasure ?
One man's discomfort is another's comfort ?
Could this be the balance of nature ?
Dec 2019 · 386
stranger
I don't know if I am safer
I don't know if I am in danger
Me to know you, I am more eager
You are not a crowd pleaser
With you I have pleasure
Though you are still a stranger
Your conversations, I feel like a teenager
With you I feel less strange
I see you more weird
Your conversations, I feel more wiser
You are older, I am younger
Such an accommodater
Such a leader
Such a teacher
Such an entertainer
A doer not a preacher
But a lover not a fighter
Its so strange
Dec 2019 · 249
Eye my Apple of Love
Love at first sight
Lovely was my first sight
Love was from that first sight
I don't even know you noticed im in sight
I felt love at that very first sight
I guess you were the apple of my eye
Emotionally i felt naked like Adam fore the apple
They say love is blind
But from that vey first sight I saw a future and I was inlove
I do not know who or what made the decision but the council in me had already decided, Love
I can see now why they say love is blind
Dec 2019 · 270
Disappointment
I would hate to disappoint you
Infact, I have always strived not to disappoint you
Now Im disappointed in you by disappointing me
I guess that was my first disappointment

Im disappointed in,
You not supporting me
You not understanding me
You not prioritising me
Your timing for me

I am even disappointed by this being about you and me, not us

Im disappointed
But not discouraged
Dec 2019 · 212
care
Be careful,
Not to be too careful
Be careful,
Not to be careless

Care

I dont care, if you care more
I dont care, if you care less

The verb is care

The universe will take care of you
That way you dont lose your humanity
Dec 2019 · 191
You and I
Tell me, I'll show You
Show me, I'll tell You
Guide me, I'll arrive
Arrive, I'll guide You
Ask me, I'll answer You
Answer me, I'll ask you
Its just You and I
Dec 2019 · 261
Untitled
They say,
Change is,
Good
They don't say,
Change is,
Different
Dec 2019 · 282
sacrifices
What is a sacrifice ?
Does it have to cost ?
Does it have to be mutually beneficial ?
Does it have to be beneficial at all ?
Why do we do sacrifices ?
Is a sacrifice a need or want ?
A question from the mind
A question for the soul
Sacrelegious making sacrifices
It is the body which will act on the sacrificial choices and bear the sacrificial sequences
Mind, Body, Soul being equal, full circle
Some make sacrifices under the night full circle, full moon
Some make sacrifices under the day full circle, the sun
There are many sacrifices we do subconsciously
Yet consciously don't recognise are sacrifices
And visa versa
In Economics , opportunity cost
In life , choices
Traditionally , rituals
Religiously , religion
All men, Omen, Amen
It is said you cannot receive a litre of milk in your cup if your cup is half a litre full of water
Dec 2019 · 208
Time in Reverse
I hope this verse in writting is not a waste of time, however , I cannot stop taking time to hoping in thought what would we get reversing time
I kwow we should be moving forward, like the wings of time, however, do we take the time to spread our wings or do we just hope our wings spread with time
Emit is time reversed, meaning "send out light "
Which brings me back to the concern, that we no longer make the time to enlighten each other
Thats in the past
Istead we say time is money, chasing money doing things wasting our time
Istead of enlightening each other
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