To A Young Girl Dancing With The Wind Poem by Pheko Motaung

Are you a refugee fleeing the wrath of
Thee wind that blows from the North?
I must ask the question because I do not
Trust anything that comes from the North
And when you dance I see fear in your eyes

Oh girl dancing in the wind
Are you a pilgrim who is hounded by the hounds
Of the whirling and whirring whirlwind
That blows strong to sweep away the crimes
In our minds and free us from our sinning ways?

You girl dancing in the wind
What secrets are hidden in your secret dance?
What dire predicaments whispers the wind
To you when he comes to watch your lithe dance
When his jealous heart want to burst into rage
As he contemplates how he will lay all to waste
That want to tear you away from his love as he
Slips into your dust begrimmed dance life at night?

Young girl dancing in the wind
When you dance your lips are besutifully
Psrted in ecstassy desire fills your dance moves
Young one dancing so freely in the wind
Does your freedom dance hide the mockery of
Some terrible disaster you only knows is coming?

Girl dancing in the wind
When I die I will die with my face hounding the East
A child hopes his father will come when
The wars in the East are fought and lost
I do not trust the uneasy peace in the East
Are you the harbinger of death from the East?

Girl dancing in the wind
Are you the evil intentioned tornado that comes
To steal their men and destroy their families?
Girl dancing in the wind
Are you and the West wind as one are you
United and determined to bring prosperity to us
Are you in the splendour of your beautiful dance come
To release us into the windswept arms of the PEACE
That we and our loved ones so desire and hope to see?