Kenneth Maswabi Poems

The path to higher education is littered with obstacles
Not to examine the physical make-up of the student
But to exempt millions of poor children from a better life
"Education is the key to success, " many of them are told
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In the latest trend around the world
Junk knowledge is circulating
Attached to our emails, social media and news
We are fed so many varieties of lies and untruths
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In the realm of the spirit
There is nothing like material wealth
Love is the only wealth
Hope is the sacred resource
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Since ancient times
Words have been used to tie knots
Not only among friends
But also between foes
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one string holding
as the spider web crumbles
its delicate arms
rendered useless
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we have travelled so far
across this ocean of love
you bathed in my heart
and I slept in your heart
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The sacred grounds of the gods
The temple of humanity
Screams in pain
Tears of the sun
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The brazen art of teamwork is sacred
Admired by Kings for millions of years
And displayed by slaves for centuries
Embraced both by the military and civilians
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she gathers her love in her heart
keeping it away from flies
and nursing it to health
with her rich diet of honey
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Her silence left a trail
An echo of words unsaid
A shadow of her heart beat
With its hidden vibrations
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