Mlungisi Ngomane Poems

Ohh Democracy!
Look what you've done to us
They said we should vote for them,
they lied to us
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Even if you live and love a lavish life, you can't buy life,
life is life, life is love, live and love!
adore life, cherish life, love life.
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Even after so many years, the fear, anger and hatred you inflicted on us persists,
you were like prayer feeding on our souls,
I can still see all the alienation and bitterness in your eyes,
even when you talk, maltreatment prevails,
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This poem is for those who are hopeless,
is for those who are jobless,
is for those who are friendless,
is for those who are prayer-less,
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Even today, I still associate love with pain!
How can one claim to love yet hurts another?
How can one claim to love yet deceives another?
Doesn't love breath?
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I always thought with time; I'd get better.
Thousands of nights pass by
Thousands of days,
years, decades and look!
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A nation's voice, a democratic right
A chance to choose, a future in sight

The ballot box, a powerful tool
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I am not a writer nor a poet either,
but having to meet someone like you,
I am encouraged to write,
write every moment; yes!
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Your absenteeism brings sorrows, pains and hunger,
even the earth itself mourns your anger,
your absenteeism brings agony, misery and danger,
even those who plough mourns your absentia.
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