Onalethuso Petruss Ntema Poems

afrika

the rivers of the wilderness,
polluted and looted by modern philosophy
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i have wings to my soul
the wings over the shadow
of the silent words
to run me a day after all,
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...a moment of silence
then i heard a voice
from afar in silence
a voice of a family in silence
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What if there was no family?
would there still be marriage?
what if there was no marriage?
would there still be divorce?
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it transcends to my thoughts
yet another day of mine
the day of my born day
as i age more today
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the heartbeat is the snare
and the drum beat within the flare.
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i let it
to set it
i get it
whence i met it
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you were a star

each time i looked
so humbly at your darling face
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(better) done than said

the sounds between the lines
of the words i speak
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bare
without care
as i run to my share

wings
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