To My Unborn Child Poem by Mphathi Thobumoya Mbhele

Lezi iziyalo zakho ndodana engsamhlela
Ngiloba lenkondlo ngfikelwa izinyembezi sengfisa nokuzdedela
Ngike ngikbuke ngamehlo enhliziyo usukhulile usuwunjiniyela
Mina owami ubaba ngathi ngizalwa wazbonela iciko
Ngakhula ngazi ikhono lami eliyongphilisa
Yizeke sebebaningi bengphikisa
Lapha emhlabeni kunzima ubocophelela
Ziningi izimfamona ezokjikjela uboqinisela
Ezinye zobe zingafuni uphumelele angani ziyazi uyokhuluma iqiniso bela belwa
Belwela ukuba ungaphumeleli bakhohlwe ukuthi bona bafunani
Bayokugxoba ngezinyawo ndondana wovuka ksakude phambili qinisela
Empilweni mase ukhulile
Uyoyibona impilo iyobe isishintshile
Bakhona abayothi bayakthanda
Kanti vele bayakthanda ukukbona ulengela emaweni
Uhlaleleni wovuka uhambe ksakude phambili qinisela
Angfuni ube uzinyo bulala kahluphekile
Kuyobe ungphoxile
Nase thuneni ngyongena nghlinile
Ndodana lenkondlo ngsayloba
Eznkundleni zokuxhumana ngyoyfaka
Funa wazi umfundisi akamzali umfundisi nokhamba abathi lfuze imbiza mina ngaba wukhamba olngafuze lutho phela angyazi eyami imbiza
Mina azange ngafana nobaba
Nawe kyoksiza ungafuni ukfana nami ndodana

Ngfuna ufike kahle ngsaloba
Mase ukhulile ngenye imini ngyokushiya
Ngiye kude hlezi uyongfica ezweni likamoya
Uzokhula ube indoda ngoba mawenza iphutha ngyokshaya
Uyoqina kuze mase umdala ungeke ukhohlwe ikhaya
Uyofunda njengabo bobonke abantwana ungaphazamisi ozakwenu eskoleni mabehaya
Ngoba uthi ufuna nami iznkondlo aziholelo ngfuna ube unjiniyela
Mase ukhulile baningi abayokuhlulela
Kanti neznqumo ozthathayo khona abayokugxeka
Mufuna ukphumelela wobashaya ngomzimba okungcono abathi uyazqhenya
Kanti mina ngawe ngyaziqhenya
Baningi abayokuhleba
Nami baningi abanghlamuka ngenkathi ngthatha lesnqumo
Enkompolo enganghlala nabo base bengbukela phansi njenge njini efile
Khumbula ngfuna ube unjiniyela
Base bethi bengena endlini babizane bodwa omunye asambe sofunda ubthongo absizi
Omunye asambe sosebenza sinezingane ngakithi
Kodwa elomphela ndaba zophela ezabo indaba mhla umzali ebuza ethi wenzanjan
Ngeke basho badlala amantombazane bayothi akulunganga
Abanye bayothi bayobheka izingane zabo abekade bengazi
Zidlani z
Zigqokani
Zimbathani
Maningi amanyala enziwa ithina ebufaneni
Wena funda ngfuna ube unjiniyela
Ndodana

Mina ngyophoxoka mhla ngabona unyoko ekhala
Ekhaliswa ezakho izenzo
Ukulalela isona skhiye sempilo
Yize abanye bethi imfundo iskhiye sempilo
Maningi amanyala enziwa othisha kodwa nanamuhla sisaphila
Ungayidlali ingoma(ungasini) angfune ube ibhinca
Ungadansi angfuni ube itsatsatsa lokho akbuyiseli
Maningi amahle amantombazane ungabolingeka
Ukuqonywa usamncane aklona iphutha
Iphutha ukwenza umtwana usabheke isinkwa kmina
Yey mina ubaba akangshiyanga nafa
Nami ngozama ukukusebenzela
Makwenzeka nghluleka
Woqhubeka ndodana iyashisa lensiimbi qinisela
Ungamphoxi ubaba ngfuna uba unjiniyela
Ndodana ngiloba lenkondlo ngfuna wazi kyokwenzeka uthi mufika la
Mina ngibe sengingasekho
Nakimi ilanga selizoshona
Ndodana lezi zizizyalo zakho ngsakuhlela