Who Was I? Poem by Bathokozile Hadebe

Who was i
bengiyini mina?
Bengingubani?
Bengizitshela ukuthi
ngintoni
who was i?
Ngangizitshela ukuthi
nguclever
ngilayithile
ngizitshela ukuthi
ngiyis'khokho
ngingamazi ujesu
nginganandaba nokuthi ungubani
haaaa!
Phela intombi yakwabo,
imakwabo ayigqizi
qakala,
ayihlangani
ihleka iziqephuke
phela ayinandaba
who, who was i?
Bengiyini mina?
The life i was
living
was a shame
with no love,
no faith, no dignity
no nothing
it was just an
empty heart
ngiyithusi elikhencezayo
nensimbhi
encencethayo
who was i?
Ujesu ebethelwe
esiphambhanweni
ngenxa yami
who was i
eshaywa ngenxa
yezono zami
who was i
ujesu esindisa
eyami impilo mathew
chapter 3 verse 2
'phendukani ngokuba umbuso weZULU
ususondele'
izwi lakhe
eyilinkemba
ebukhali esika, nhlangothi zombili
layihlaba inhliziyo
yami
layikhombhisa ukweduka kwami
bengiyini mina ngikhishwa emgodini
wokubhujiswa
odakeni lobishi
but namhlanje
ngibonga umdali
wezulu
nomhlaba
ujehova ophilayo,
usomhlekazi, yena ongamudeli umuntu
today
i know who iam
namhlanje
ngiyintombi ene
value
namhlanje
ngizibiza ngomntwana kankulunkulu
OSINDISIWE,
ngizibiza ngendlalifa
yezulu,
insimu ehluthulelwe,
imbali yezulu
elokugcina ngithi
have hope against
hope
be a living bone even
though
there is no
hope
but the dry bones
they are still
alive
CREATE HOPE THEN!