Dambudzo

Brotherman, you were born not to make it
all odds stacked against you
they marveled when you heart grew faint
not knowing the future inside of you
When life knocked you down
like a giant you emerged strong
We laughed at your tears
When they dried up
and you were still standing
Some dont understand
they have called you names
not knowing how deep your scars run
They have not been to your childhood
they didnt see rivers of tears flow from your heart
They know nothing of your demons
And the darkness which clouded your days
I have seen you cross oceans
torn climbing mountain to mountain
But i have seen you walk through it all
to a better day today

Black Rhino

I want to be a black rhino

For i know my life won't be in vain

Alive, I will be kept 

And make wealth for my master 

I want to be a rhino 

For When my life is under threat 

I will make headlines 

And suburban corners will be adorned with protesters in my name

I want to be a black rhino

For I know my death won't go unnoticed

Dead, my dark skin will stretch far

And my horn will reach  the great walls 

I want to be a black rhino 

I do not want my life to be in vain

And my death a statistic 

I don't want to end like the men in marikana

Mowed without sympathies 

I don't want to end like Andries Tatane

And die for demanding what is due

I want to be worth 

More than a rhino's horn

Love letter for khosi

Not knowing what it is

I have called it love 

Whether is so I cannot tell

But I know I wither at a thought of you

And gasp at the sound of your voice

To a heart barred behind fortresses 

Still your earth reaches to it 

And ignite a new passion 

A new friendship 

Tshirendo tsha ha-Masia

Rine to dzula fhasi ha munngo

Mukalaha vhe vha na tshirendo

Fhedzi vha tshi thoma tshi tsengisa mitodzi

Ha pfala u kumela 

Tshirendo vhe a tshi nwalwi

Tshi mbiluni

Vhe vha tshi thoma 

Hu bvuma na fhasi

Ahuna tshikolo tsho raloho

Aiho na kereke yo raloho

Ine ya talusa muthu 

Uri muthu a di divhe

Mukalaha khe vha

Vhe thi tshi thomi

Tshi fhanza na mbilu

Tshi kwasha na luvalo

Tshi dzumbulula mudzi wa muthu

Tshi ri eledza zwa vhukalanga

Tshi vhudza a Dyambeu na Thohoyandou

Hupfi ari balangani

Tshirendo tshi songo bva

Fhedzi mukalaha vha Khou dza

Vhe tshi kula na nungo

Hupfi ro wela na milambo

Ubva vhudzivhani ha Afurika

Hu pfi ro thuba mivhundu

U swika Mapungubwe

Tshirendo tsho nwalwa nga Nwali

Munwali wa dzi mbilu

Fhedzi a redi

Ngau mukalaha vha tsengisa mutodzi

Vhe zwi shusa na luvalo

Ngau ri bva Kule 

Fhedzi ari talukanyi

Uri ro nwalwa

Sa tshirendo tshire mbiluni

Ro nwalwa nga Nwali

Ubva mudzini wa tsiko

Henengei Ethiopia 

Lufu

Iwe lufu

Na lufu lwau ndi do lupfa lini?

U pfuvhe sa mapfuvhi tshilimo

Ri dzule nga mulalo

Isi tsha ela

Mitodzi ye ra lila

Ho sala dakalo

Na vhutshilo vhusa sini

Gingerbread man

Secretly, I crave immortality

Stuck in seemingly never ending bliss

In the cool breeze 

Of sweet summer springs 

But I am a gingerbread man 

Stuck in a chase to prevail

Running from the inevitable dawn

When my breathe shall fail

Will I crumble?

Or will I run forever 

Or will I be another rubble 

Tossed into the fire 

Her lovelessness

Her pearly eyes could not betray
what the November night could not contain
a heart empty, a gaze not passionately fiery

With a grace untold
she told of her emptiness,
of her lovelessness

With a smile i walked away

{for Nomcebo of Madelief}

Happy

(dedicated to the late Happy Sindane on the day of his funeral)

You were born into the ugly brutal world
where a rhino's horn was more than your worth

You were lost from the onset
A black mother was your curse
removed from previlledge at birth
too black and unhappy to be white

why did you get lost into our world?

A black life, rough and rugged
is all you inherited in your confusion
and The gloomy black ordour
overcame whatever scent of previllege

what then of your life?

A black life
A terrible life
A horrible death
Even the night couldnt embrace you

A little shade of white
A bit of softness in speech
A modesty in manners
You could have been white and spared.

Rose

(for Khanyi)

She was a Rose
Budding in the spring dawn
Her petals wrapt in sweet teary love droplets

She loved dearly
She loved blindly
And loved to death

And as they say:
Love was the motive for murder

Burn so bright(Tragedy)

To burn so bright and die young
What a tragedy, to rise to life's apex
And shine so bright u blind a star
Only to die in the prime of ur brightness

See a star in its rush of brightness
Shines so bright it kills itself
And vanish a spark-less gold dust
Never to shine again not even dimly

See flames in the rush of glory
They burn so bright
The fire dies with its flames
Consumed by its blaze

But what now of a burning inside?
Do you curb it's brightness and vigor
And hope it lasts longer
Or do we die young either way

What a tragedy to have defied nature
Burnt so bright u became hope
And just as we basked in ur warmth
You die, young.