Igumbi lali shushu. Ityali enomhlwa yayilele phantsi. Besine sakhulula izihlangu zethu. Mna nomntakwethu sayila esi sakhiwo somthi kunye nendawo. Kwakukho amacandelo amaninzi.
Abalinganiswa ngokukhawuleza bazifumana iindawo zabo. Abanye baye bazihlanganisela phratries kunye abanye ngababini. Ndizibone sendindedwa andazi kutheni. A umoya olula udlule kwigumbi. Kulapho ndabhabha phezu kwezixeko kwaye amaphulo. Ndihleli phezulu ndacinga ngomsebenzi wethu. Kwakukho konke. Kwaye kwathatha lo mgama ukuqonda ukuba ubomi bam bubhaliwe njengangaphambili, apho phambi kwam. Ndacinga ke ukuba angenza ntoni na kwenzeke kum. Kwakhona ukuze ndikwazi ukugqobhoza ndimithe yonke lento bekunyanzelekile Ndiyawazi unobangela. Kwaye bendikhangela, kwaye bendikhangela, … ixhomekeke ku yiva ndiwathetha lamazwi ebengathi ndibethwa ngumoya engaqondakaliyo. … Ebendibangela. … Yayichazwa ngokulula kwaye njalo Kucacile ukuba ndizinike ixesha lokubhala ezi zivakalisi zimbalwa.
Banyamekele abazali bethu
yiba nemfesane
nixhasane
ukunandipha ubomi
ukonwaba, mnandi, ndonwabile
zizenzekela kwaye zezendalo eluthandweni
ukuba bahlukane, kakhulu kunokwenzeka, ubudlelwane kunye nempahla
ukuba nesisa
ube nokuziphatha okusesikweni
thatha inyathelo elifanelekileyo
ninyamekelane
lawula iimvakalelo zakho
sihlala sibona iimeko zengqondo yethu
kwaye xa ingcinga iphakama
thumela lo myalezo kubantwana bethu .
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