Spark

How can a spark shine so bright?
Warm our hearts with hope
Lit our paths crystal clear
Even far afield in Cape Town
How can that spark,
Shine to death
Without ever becoming a flame
A fire that sets our hearts warm
And ignite our hope
How can a spark shine so bright
Only to leave us in the dark
With no glimmer of hope
Why, why, why, why, why, why?
Why did the spark that was our hope
Shine so dimly until it faded away
When all we needed was fire

- for Reggy

Reggy

It’s a bitter pill to swallow
The bearer of bad news has called
With a word you are gone
The journey to yourself curtailed
It’s a horrible dawn
 Cut short before the rising sun
All we have is a memory of a dark night
No one knows if the sun was about to rise
 Or if it’s rays would have pierced the rain clouds
 Or if the night had its eyes set on infinity
You are a memory painfully etched on our hearts
A hope unfulfilled

 - For Fulufhelo Reginald Ratshitanga (R.I.P)

Phoenix

When rain clouds gather
And fearful darkness looms
You are unafraid to heed the call

To Burn a heap of  ashes
Til' there is no trace of yesterday

You are the Phoenix
The master of time
Renewed with each every passing second

You are not afraid to burn
Vanish into vistas of nothingness

You know time comes
For the ashes to breath
For the bones to move

You rise again
Against fearful odds


(There is a phoenix on Mutangwa's wall)