time
there is a plenty
of growing fetuses of hope
inside a womb of time
dark yesterday is devoured
by famished fire
in a beautiful land of new dreams
tranquil skies bestow
desolate hearts
with new thoughts
time resurrects dead hopes
from a gigantic grave
of pain
& the face of today eventually bears
rainbow hues
because we are heroes
we rose above dark typhoons of life
_____
fragmented freedom
we are sailing
in an ocean of lies
it’s a journey with no destiny
we are slaves of silent voices
our choices
are always drenched in streams
and our dreams
are shuttered
burnt and scattered
we are the victims
of indoctrination
and commercialized religions
only illusions
are reflected on the mirrors
of life
& the truth is distorted
coz our royal
and ancestral
blood has been diluted
by western acids
evil gods speak
in immortal voices
and we bow for devil
donating our souls
______
elegy for fistos
he met a womb
of his tomb
between
the scorching thighs
of a desperate
prostitute
in the prickling
streets of jozi
______
a song of freedom
leaders remained blind
& deaf
while the placenta
of her freedom
was unraveled
they stole
& tore
her soul
apart
bullets
blood
& tears
in marikana
babekuphi abaholi bethu
when police
& capitalists
were weaving a blanket
of war
when my people were plunged
into an ocean
of agony
women bleeding
for their husbands
children weeping
for their fathers
men dying
for their rights
& azania crying for freedom
____
a beautiful night
she shelters
me in her warm heart
wipes cold
ocean of my tears
by her warm smiles
my pain withers
between the beautiful
hills of her bosom
she heals my broken yesterday
with melodies of her voice
i dance in liquid flames
between her voluptuous
thighs
we are wrapped in a moonlight
immersed in bliss
& enjoying a virgin kiss
of a beautiful night
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Zamokuhle Madinana - Poetry Feature,