Ofentse Mercy Hajane Poems

From fore,
to now.
Heads and Tails.
And about grail and bread,
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Drawn to the vast darkness of the heavens.
Shadows of the lost souls propelling us.
Abode the works of those with ashened skin,
The human mind filled with wonder and chaos.
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From the bushes of the night, I dwell in secret.
Wondering under the brilliance of nature.
My blank eyes usurping the twinkling of the stars.
My wounded heart unsure of tomorrow.
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The young boring chap sat on a bunk
watching the sun of morn as it breaks through the horizon.
His eyes lazed by the emptiness of his life.
Another piece from his heart broke again leaving him duller than the day before.
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The human creature
and its variants are quite a peculiar bunch wouldn't you agree?
They poetically speak of peace
and yet again fail to be more peaceful with one another.
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Drawn to destruction,
Like a moth drawn to fire.
Perhaps we are moths drawn to our own demise.
Looking at ever changing force of greatness.
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The Rude
As the evening breeze whispered through the trees,
I stood there, lost in the depths of my contemplation.
Images of the day danced before my mind's eye,
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Ema ngwanana ke ho hlamele nane.
Ka're ema ke ho jwetse ka hoo SeSo'tho se le monate ka hona.
Ka're se eletsa mathe noka ea lehodimo e phatsima.
Utlwa ka hoo se lelesela ka teng.
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Once you were a god
A grand god.
You were seen as the extension of the mighty universe,
Dark, mysterious, alluring and godly
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My soul honors your soul.
My heart honors your heart.
I honor the name of your ancestors,
for the same blood that courses
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