Denial be my friend I beg
Cuddle my hopes, embrace my faith and curese my love
Shadow my every move shading me from the rays of reality,
LIE to me about my hearts’ demize ,
Denial please I beg be my eternal companion for your absence brings absolute truth
Let your existence blind me, bind me and confine me so the truth can’t find me
Archives for May 2015
Denial
Fantasia
As I lie awake at night and gaze upon the stars
My visions carry me to far away places, sometimes even Mars
Discovering exotic islands, untouched by the human hand,
To bathe in crystal waterfalls and dance on beaches of pure white sand.
Exploring the ancient pyramids of Giza, and the Sphinx of Egypt old
Behold this imposing wonder, of which ageless tales have been told.
To walk in the footsteps of Caesar, through the majestic Colosseum of Rome.
Where gladiators fought in fierce combat and prayers were offered in the Pantheon Dome.
I swim within the ocean, to the depths of Poseidon’s lair,
Discovering a world… spectacular, of which most mortals are completely unaware.
I journey on the adventurous path of my vivid imagination.
So when life seems dismal and dreary, my dreams are my inspiration.
Jesus Thank You For My Life
Through the mountains and the valleys where I would sit and cry;
Jesus I want to take this moment and thank You for my life;
Some dreams have come to pass and some are yet to be realized;
For the desert pastures and those floods that came just in time;
For the moments I never deserved it yet You gave me never ending grace;
When You blessed me and I never took time to give You praise;
Jesus for when You came running whenever I whispered Your name;
And held me in Your arms when my heart was about to break;
Jesus thank You for the good and bad times in my life;
For the struggles You allowed that forced tears from my eyes;
The lessons You taught me and I never understood the reasons why;
That molded me into this man when I was but a child;
For the moments You held my hand when I thought I had lost my way;
When You spoke life into my spirit when I thought I was going to go insane;
And how whenever I thought to give up and just fail;
How I was reminded of Your nails;
I held on like You did, Jesus thank You for my life;
For all the transition periods where nothing seemed to go right;
Where You were setting the stage in secret so I could win every fight;
Jesus I just had to thank You for my life
Hopes and Dreams Awakened
They looked up the skies with so much hope and eager anticipation…
Their hopes and dreams were to be exposed today in the skies and so they waited for that grand moment of truth…
Their dreams had been shattered way too many times by the dreary and misery-induced happenstances of life…
They were eagerly waiting in anticipation for that, which will lead to their emancipation,
Their hopes and expectations hinged on this very day for what was to be a life-altering day of many revelations,
They had weathered the most turbulent of storms and the most heinous of tribulations,
They felt deserving of another day in the sun and no more dark clouds and stormy skies,
They held on for dear life to the remnants of hope that had been pieced together by tape that has seen many days in its time,
They represented that sect of society that soldiers on even when the promise of resurgence looks bleak and hopeless,
They are soldiers of a battle that was long won and lost and won and lost and won and lost and lost way too many times to even keep score of the bruises…
They of the purest of minds were tainted by the darkness that brought about surges of hopelessness and despair,
They of the sweetest of dispositions were tainted by the darkness of the hearts that housed the most ruthless of the lot,
Through it all they never lost the glimmer of hope that promises a better tomorrow…
As they looked up the skies for their hopes and dreams to be revealed, they had an awakened sense of newness to begin again and build again,
As they looked up the skies, they felt a renewed gusto that they had thought was lost in the depths of bottomless wells of their society,
Their dreams and hopes were but imprinted in their very hearts and waiting to be awakened by a profound realization of power that lies within them from the recesses of their very core…
As they looked up the skies, they murmured in awe as they appreciated anew the blue skies that bring life and shape life,
As they looked up the skies, they expressed a wonderment of the beauty that nature expresses at every given turn and realized they had neglected that which gave them meaning and purpose,
As they looked up the skies, they realised that their hopes and dreams should fuel them to purpose-driven aspirations and community driven pursuits,
They of a fragmented sect of society felt whole again for they realized their strength in numbers and power of community oneness…
By Sakhile Mogale
Brain
Brain, tell my body to blantantly ignore my hearts desires
Heart, migrate to new surrounding so as to compromise me nomore
So brain, REGAIN your throne and banish my heart
For it has done more harm then good!
Each Day I Lie To You
My love for you lays hidden
Reared by Stereotype and Misconception
Asleep on IIgnorance’s sweet bosom
Hatred’s favourite son
My love for you lays hidden
Atop of towering castles
Built proudly by my Forefathers
Kept shielded from your foreign eyes
My love for you lays hidden
Sheltered by my place of worship
Guarded by my native tongue
My love for you lays hidden
In the company of Class and Social Norms
‘You will never be like us’
My love for you lays hidden
Caged by flesh and bone
Wrapped neatly in my distinctive tone
My love for you lays hidden
Set it free
Set it free
Open my heart and let it bleed on yours
I am no slave
I am not your servant.
I am a child of the Most High;
Praying for you day and night.
I am no prisoner.
Nor am I your slave;
What keeps me from being free?
You keep track of my flaws.
Then you betray my trust;
Have you lost your soul?
You complain about my presence.
Yet, you worry about my plans;
Refer to your own venomous tongue.
Helping hand
Nadia was a young woman who used to sell vetkooks in a local train station. Early twenties,lightskinned,dark circles around her eyes and petite. Everyday i passed her when i went to school i used to wonder why she is not at school. I always wanted to stop, greet and have a decent conversation with her but the vetkook business was busy and she always looked so tired for casual chit chats. During seasons changes, from the freezing winter mornings to windy August mornings, she was always there. One morning she had a companion. A man. The man i have see before. He used to go around the hood asking for money,food,a homeless man. That morning he was bathed and clean. Nadia took him home the previous day and nursed him. People kept asking Nadia how she did it. She replied ”All i did was to ask. I asked to help him and he said yes. Helping me this morning is his way of showing how thankfull he is”. That response almost broke my heart. Help. All along i believed she was the one who needed help and yet she helped someone. No matter what hardship she went through she understood that someone out there needed a hand to pick them up. That somehow she had something that others did not have and that gave her an upper helping hand. I wanted to hold her hand and say God Bless You but as usual she was surrounded by a crowd of her loyal customers. When she lifted her head i shouted the three words-Go Bless You and she gave a faint smile nodding a simple thank you. I always wanted to talk to her but that morning i felt like i got all the answers i ever had. A glance at my watch i realised i was getting late for my first class. I ran to school.
Lone Rock
Once a lone big rock
Surrounded by ordinary trees
Sitting in a far corner of the forest…
Lone rock that none cared for
Nature forced its wrath on it
Its’ worth never noticed
The sun rays burned it
Lighting strike and broke it
Rains damaged its smooth surface
The winds and all forces did their share
Lone rock that none cared for
Footpaths circled far away
Neither animal nor human saw its use
Day and night it remained
Didn’t have the power to move
Fires broke out around it
Birds waste paint its surface
But one out of million notice it
Saw the worth in it
Embraced its beauty
Lone rock that none cared for
Transformed by nature
Its rough edges, cracks and bird waste
Turning it into a masterpiece
Lone rock that none cared for
One man saw and appreciates
Took pictures that went viral
Soon they all talked about it
Lone rock, now camped in and guarded
With stardom and splendor
Becoming a wonder of the world
It’s beauty crafted by nature’s forces
Crafted beauty admired by many
Talked about by plenty
Lone rock, the wonder of the world
Mold to perfection by imperfection
Formed to be a great treasure piece
Trails created close to it
People visiting it every hour
Lone rock by default or design
God’s wonder over time
Music Tree
Wait for me he said
The journey is far and wide
The road difficult
But wait for me
I will search and bring it back
The music tree, yes I say
I will wait
How I know not
Of this I never did hear
Is it green I wonder or a box
Surely I will come he said
It will be heavy and tiresome
I’ll carry the load
To make you comfortable
Just you wait, I will bring
Sweet music it will make
I wonder how
But I know you
A music tree I know not
And I agree
You will come
My tree I’ll have
Beautiful it will sound
So I wait
Years may go by
The journey is far and wide
I know you’ll come
