LLM Mbatha Poems

Did the saline Atlantic
Devour the skin of your face
And all your flesh to expose
Your silver colored frame
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Kuwunikeza ugqozi umphefumulo wami
Ukwazi ukuthi kuyafinyeleleka kukho
Lokho okungaphezu kwamandla onke
Kanti futhi angidingi ukuthi ngibe
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Is to believe
In that a Greater Authority
Will take care of things
And of you
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Kuyoze kube nini unginethisa ngezi mvula
Uyoze ubone nini ukuthi ngi ya ku thanda
Kudala ngibambe ubala olungenawo um’bala
Unyaka neshumi lezinyanga ngikhulumisana nawe
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Writing is not about reinventing
The truth, it’s about re-looking
And with new eyes reinterpreting
If you put rhythm, it starts to sing
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Kunge lesingakhi lona ihora lapho ukuhlwa
Kupheza khona ukuphupha ngokukhanya kwasemini
Ize ibuye nini inhliziyo ekuzuleni kwayo
Ukuze ingqondo ishaye umthetho oqondisayo
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Time of the Son is close
It has always been close!
No one can stop the tide
Do you get what I say?
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sengi zo bhala epheshaneni
incwadi encane
ngifake ikheli, isitembu
ngiyithumele kwa-Zulu, e Thekwini
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you can put the truth
on the dinner table
for everyone to take a sip
and have knowledge but
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