tata ukhona ?
 tata ukhona ?
 Ubuphila njengomntu olungileyo nesisa
 93 ans
 ngokunyaniseka kowakho abathandekayo kuwe
 93 ans
 yokulula ukuthobeka kokuthula nokuba
 93 ans
 ubukho emhlabeni wethu
 ukubonakaliswa kwenye indawo enkulu kakhulu kunathi
 93 ans
 kwaye ke akukho nto
 kwaye ke thina
 ukuba
 abantwana bakho abazukuzukuzukuzukuzukuzukuzukulwana bakho
 abenza i-microcosm kule ndalo inkulu
 ihlabathi elincinci
 ihlabathi lezinto ezikhoyo
 ihlabathi elisingise kwikamva .

 tata ukhona
 ici 
 ezintliziyweni zethu
 kwinkumbulo yexesha esilichithe kunye
 ngamaxesha amaninzi afika phezulu
 ukohlukana nokwadlulayo
 ekuphakameni kwamava okuthwala isiqhamo .

 xelela utata ukuba uphi ngoku ?
 Ndikhumbula elaa xesha wawusiya kusebenza ngebhayisekile yakho
 ukusuka eGrenelle ukuya kwindawo entle
 kwaye umama utheni
 ukuba sidibane nawe
 kwaye oko ngaphandle kokuthetha nawe
 naxa uzibambe iimvakalelo zakho
 nokuba bendibala ngeminwe
 izongezo kunye nokuthabatha
 nokuba bendizoba intliziyo
 kwinkungu yesikwere eRue Saint Charles
 Bendilinde wena .

 Tata awusenguye owehlabathi
 Uxolo malube kuni
 kule ndawo ingunaphakade .
 Kwaye kuya kubakho usuku
 apho nathi
 siya kunyamalala
 kwaye kuya kuthiwani
 ukuba besibakhulu
 ukuba besinentiyo
 kuba wonke umntu uyayazi indlela abantwana abenziwa ngayo
 kodwa siyayazi indlela ootata benziwa ngayo !
 Ukuba uphinde uqale ukulala kwakho
 entliziyweni yam igcwele ukukhanya
 Ndigcoba ngobubele nothando
 ngenxa yokunakana
 utata wam kum
 tata wethu kuthi abantwana bakho
 ukolula ngomjikelo olula ukuze uphile namhlanje
 imbopheleleko yokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu
 singoyiki ukuqhubela phambili kwindlela yethu .
 Kulungile
 Yenza kakuhle
 yenza okanye uqhawule
 singalicukucezi ihlabathi
 kubunzima bayo kunye nokubandezeleka kwayo
 kukwakho nezinto ezimangalisayo ezenzekayo apho
 kwaye bekuya kuba bubugwenxa ukuzijongela phantsi ezi zinto
 masinxibelelane
 siqinise amaqhina ethu
 sebenzisana vuyisana zukisa zukisa ubuhle
 ukuze kulo kwahlukana kwenu, Lucien, osisondezayo namhlanje
 ngokokude kuthi sonke kwimbandezelo yokufa
 hlala ekucamngceni
 hlala uthe cwaka
 hlala kulo mzuzu wokucamngca
 hlalani eluthandweni  .


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