JOSEPH MABIJA

Foul hearsay from forbidden bushes
Put one of my dreams on shock hold
I watched as it gasps for air
Until it brawls no more Like a picture with still eyes
...

I saw a man walking around hungry
Next day he passed bye angry
A stolen car passing bye speeding, same face concur
A dead man covered with coat end of his story
...

The active bees harvesting
sprinkling beautiful leaves calling for attention
The power of love taking a stand
Those who are lucky like Lilly experience the glitz
...

Lost cognizant like an addict
Bubbling, bubbling like sea foam
The heart dangling in the chest
Complete happiness,
...

For those with no tools to their name
Those who dig their gardens with bare hands
To grow crops and feed their kids
The street scriptures is in the air like the smoke of a healing herb
...

The friends I have is only a handful
The price & credit, I’d say a handful
I have people in my heart for real
Those who might not know they are my heart’s chosen few
...

The day is here, the light
We are celebrities of the heavens
Hit with the spot light, the sun
Earth is our stage
...

Nations begging the maker in their anthems
the melody is war rhythms
Poverty attacks like pythons
Squeeze life out of its victims
...