Sicelo Sithole Poems

I refuse to be black in mind
For I am a star, I am one of a kind
I refuse to be ghetto and stay uneducated
For I have all the tools I need to be educated
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I have a friend, imaginary
She lives a life, ordinary
We share all the laughter, regularly
And share all the matters, emotionally
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I have places where i keep my old pages
I have places where i earn my minimum wages
I have places that i own
I have places of my own
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I have paid the price I thought I will never pay
So to live and be able to see this beautiful day
I have written words I thought in my childhood I will never write
Just to see this day so beautiful and bright
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I will wait
For my chance to come
I will patiently wait
I am rushing nowhere
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A sweet beat
Of silence
sweeps the grand stand
at this first symposium
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And then I saw
Unfolding landscapes and blue horizons
Green wine fields, blue waters and colourful flowers
Pink, red, olive and yellow
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