Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Nokuthula - Hobo

Dont pass her She is not a shadow
She came, like many armed with dreams
But now her pale shadow lingers 
where her dreams once stood bold

She was not born in these streets
Broken, shattered she couldn't find comfort
until the streets welcomed her
into the gradual carrion
and now she is history

Nokuthula is a shadow
she is sunk deep in despair
and neither the liquor on her side
nor the stares will free her soul
and unchain her proud heart

She loved dearly, she loved herself last
He wanted a touch unconditional 
she forgot her classes
Now she cant see she is lost
her tummy is growing bigger

He couldn't care he kicked her out
Out out of nowhere to the emptiness of slums
Her tummy followed
Like floods after ghastly winds
her blood washed it away

The pain is too much for her fragile heart
her broken soul is stuck in a fix 
Nobody knows a doctor so she is higher
And everyday its a fix she cant pay the bills
Her landlord is out for her its too late

She stands in the street
Full of souls but she cant find a friend
Its dark there is no hope no home
She is a shadow so she leans on the wall
Its dry affection is a comfort

Hunger arrested her and she cant see the bus take off
Its time for class but all she is, is darkness
the picture is clearer but all she see is doom
The streets never misled her its been brutal
She is at hoem its a fix 

Don't call her home
She is her home
her tears are dry





Black Rainbow

I see darkness
houses standing empty, abandoned
Cars ditched by the roadside
vast farms ready for harvest
but harvesters are no where to be found

Its not the end
But the beginning

For a hungry man riots
his hunger can no longer stand

For a homeless man refuses
another night under the bridge

For a farm worker refuses
to work tirelessly yet sleep hungry

For the praise singer is silent
he is calling out spades

Land thieves are thieves
Murderers are murders
Rapists are rapists
Where do they fit in the rainbow?

But the sky is dry
No rain
The rain is wrapt in darkness
There is no sign of spring
The rainbow is black.