Niki Nicholas Nkuna Poems

When apartheid reign supreme in the 80's
Invisible cracks below gave rise to a flicker of light,
A show of sunrise, coming through the cracks,
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Your name came in whispers from anonymous people
Your name, an albatross that remained with us until the fall of the skies
The point of origin obscured by the whisper in darkness and daylight in the bush
Faint sound of your name raised my hope to see sunrise, the rain and the bloom
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Meeting at the cross roads we see each other’s bright and gaunt face
We can’t tell the real story behind the façade because the horns are invisible
They may face directly to the opposite with a sting
Unfortunately I would not know when to side step the bullet
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Every dawn of a day is misery,
A day of celebration is misery,
A sports day is misery,
Even a day of the Holy Communion is misery,
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I conceive my babies in tranquillity,
Unconventionally,
I give birth within a day or a few days after conception,
Usually I do not need a mid-wife,
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I see the head of a vicious snake in the bubble of a smile,
I see the face of an angel in the bubble of a smile,
I see a chameleon changing its colour,
Slowly into black and then to red and vice versa,
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We all have the same gold, however,
I claim that mine is too precious to be compared,
I proclaim it to the high hills and highways that whoever sees my gold,
Must not dare to touch it, I treasure it more than anyone who has it,
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The eclipse of the sun came suddenly,
Like power failure at night,
The only sign was the roar of a motorbike,
Whose sound was cut off,
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I got accustomed to the long day,
Acclimatized to its winters and summers,
I wish I owned the day and its contents,
The selfish land owners owned its contents,
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The heart palpitating like the chest of a frog,
The whole body, excited and shaking,
Concentration is one dimensional,
Thinking about nothing else but the prey,
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