Lehlohonolo Selai Poems

With pain you pinned me down
My body you ceased with torment
The sorrows still I taste of our doom
Your smile that reeks of entrapment
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Once in a breezy morning
Let me pluck joy like a rose
Once in a cheerful manner
Let bees make melody while they rise
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You push me into the dark
I faltered not in the light
So why in the dark should I start
Like Jerico to fall apart
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For the man in blue
Let me be cool
For the lady in red
Let me be great
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Dead to the world I recall I was
When in dreamland I emerged,
Seemingly humble and gentle
And also affable.
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From the street so cold
With pride too great to uphold
I fell though not so hard as in a wild pond
But right in his hands so warm
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As a man I died
Right after your face I punched
As a man I ceased to be
Along with the dream we used be
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The moments we shared
The memories we shared
The mentality we so owned
Were all the fruits our friendship beard
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On the beach where I calmly sit
Come, find my lap to sit
Stare deep into my eyes not to blink
Stir my peace up gently with your look
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