Africa Poems

Aww Pity me if you only knew

Like I knew my hair is 

Full of blood sweat and tears ,made you vomit

til today I embarrassly stand 

From enough

Look at our daughters
They now show no ill in laying with men old as their fathers
Look at our sons
Nothing is holding them

Do you know, static clocks move faster than moving clocks?

Do you know, silence is not the best response to a fool?

Do you know, a man is

I always thought I would wage a war, if there was a sword,

I had imagined being the warrior, if there was a battle,

I thought I

Iphi le ngane eyazalwayo?

Iphi yonke lento esayethenjiswa?

Ithemba lenjabulo salifumbathiswa.

Namanje sisalubambile lolo donga.

Miningi kakhulu manje le minyaka

Kwabulaw' ubandlululo kuleli

Ukuz' engacindezel' unkululeko

Le ngane eyayizozalwa. 

Nanamuhla kusefana nakuqala.

Iph' inkululeko?

It crows at the dawn of day

Despite sun or rain

Its crowing resounds in my head

As I turn and toss on my bed

And when I step