Mantsebo Golda Motlhatlhedi (Gaojewe) Poems

Yester night was the hardest of my life
I went to bed heart sore and I badly needed a remedy
My chest was tight and at the same
time felt like it was about to tear apart
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My water just broke, it is time, expectant
The baby cannot survive in my womb, not without the liquid
I am ready to give birth no matter how painful it is going to be
My experience, a welcome to life, yet to be known
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Message in a dream
Up an anonymous mountain

As I climbed up an unknown mountain
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On a clear day
Help me when the ocean changes from stormy to calm.
I close my eyes,
Open my heart and trust my intuition.
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In the absence of motion
You brought me hope
Hope as I quietly listened
From within I heard His voice
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red pieces of a broken one, scattered
again, a dream to be it in, shattered
wonder if it will ever be restored
the reflection is not worth watching
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You came and I am loosing a friend or rather a friend, me
Reluctant I was, took a chance and followed a heart
Should I have followed my mind instead?
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A first glace at him captured her
A being most beautifully created
She tucked her tummy in, not to look flat
Tucked it in to prevent to butterfly feeling in her stomach
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Saddened by this place,
I, looked around
And something in me
Tells me that
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Had I stayed, would my eyes be blazing with desire?
Would I be starving for your lips on mine, aroma, affection, everything?
My feelings, would they be alive, still?
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