Closer to me

To many, you are an illusion
But your name is written in my heart
Whether i prosper or flounder
I keep you closer to my heartbeat
Because when all fail
And many are nowhere to be found
I know i will find you
Deeper within
Closer to me

Closer to my struggles
Closer to my pains
Closer to my tears

You are there
Deeper within

1994

Yes it is a dawn that has come
Yet Azania is still in darkness
But the light will come here also
For it is a dawn that has come
As it has come for all of Africa
Never failing
As it has come for Ghana
Never failing
As it eventually came for Zimbabwe
Never failing
But when that dawn will come?
Of our emancipation
From fear of bondage
and the bondage of fear;
that is a secret

(adapted from he last paragraph of "Cry the beloved country" by Alan Paton)

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Don't touch a soul
That has not heed the Voice
for time comes
When it cannot hide
When things fall apart
Don't fall with them
For they will fall
Like dew before dawn
Set to whither away
For time is a thief
It will rob those
Who marvelled too heartily
When butterflies
Colored the spring day bright

Take me back

Take me back to the darkness
To the deepest of your wicked heart
For I cannot bear the light
To stand naked all alone
It gets colder each day
The warm spring
Hardly warms a pulse
I was happier in the dark
Locked in your cold embrace
Now I stand alone
Not even a shadow a bliss nearby
Who opened your eyes?
To the evil of your ways
Who called you to light
A place without a room for us

Love (but not too dearly)

Dont hold on too fast
To a warm hand of a lover
Dont walk too slow
Through parks and valleys of life
Don't write her name too deep in your heart
Though she loves truly
And your love is true
Tomorrow is an untold secret
Where you walked together
You might wake to walk alone
Her name might vanish with the wind
And cease to mean anything
Love but not too dearly
A stranger you have met
A stranger you have loved
But dont love too much
Lest you walk alone