Matshona Dhliwayo Poems

"Dear ignorance, I'm disowning you.
Dear knowledge, I'm wooing you.
Dear understanding, I'm seeking you.
Dear wisdom, I'm wedding you.
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"For me to heal,
I need you to heal.
For me to trust,
I need you to trust.
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"When I am around old people,
they think I am too foolish.
When I am around young people,
they think I am too intelligent.
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"I resist racists, not intergrationists.
I resist seditionists, not abolitionists.
I resist propagandists, not journalists.
I resist extortionists, not opportunists.
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"Tonight, I salute not the sun.
Tonight, I salute not the stars.
Tonight, I laud a hero.
Tonight, I extol a legend.
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"Hail to the sun.
Hail to the stars.
Hail to the cosmos.
Hail to light!
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"God opens the door, light walks in.
Light opens the door, love walks in.
Love opens the door, the universe walks in.
The universe opens the door, life walks in.
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"Wisdom is my religion.
Books are my priest.
Libraries are my temple.
Enlightenment is my heaven.
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"When I had no gym,
The Divine One gave me rocks.
When I had no health,
The Divine One gave me herbs.
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"When there is no peace in Heaven
there is no peace in the universe,
when there is no peace in the universe
there is no peace in the cosmos,
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