Matshona Dhliwayo Poems

"Dear ignorance, I'm disowning you.
Dear knowledge, I'm wooing you.
Dear understanding, I'm seeking you.
Dear wisdom, I'm wedding you.
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"Curiosity has feet to wander.
Awareness has hands to carry.
Discovery has wings to rise.
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"Anger is strong,
rage is mighty,
wrath is powerful,
but joy is invincible.
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"If you try to sell rivers to oceans, they will mock you;
fish to seas, they will belittle you;
rocks to mountains, they will taunt you;
clouds to skies, they will deride you;
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"Intelligence is carnal.
Understanding is natural.
Insight is spiritual.
Wisdom is divine.
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"Truth is not a science.
Virtue is not a faith.
Love is not a religion.
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"See what wisdom sees.
Hear what wisdom hears.
Say what wisdom says.
Do what wisdom does.
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"Truth knows the way.
Knowledge sees the way.
Intuition feels the way.
Experience goes all the way.
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"If there is no democracy for one,
there is no freedom for everyone;
the land, not just the sky, belongs to everyone.
If there is no equality for one,
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"Before order there was chaos.
Before light there was darkness.
Before time there was fate.
Before ignorance there was truth.
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