Noluyolo Mapuma Poems

Dancing like a Queen; facing life like king; taking beatings, challenges, obstacles; But dancing like a Queen. Living in a dream so fast; flying like leaf leaving your past; dancing like Queen; looking straight foward; looking beyond the struggles and failures; carrying your cross like a trusted soldier; overcoming battles leaving legacies; but dancing like Queen. Like a giraffee your head held so high; walking through dark paths, searching in tall bushes;
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I widened my eyes seeking differences; I softened my heart accepting changes; I don't recognize the hands of a man; but I can feel the marks of a woman's; I don't know the arms of a man; but I know the warmth of a woman's; I don't recall a man's voice but my drums know the rhythm of a woman's; I never found a man's footstep but I still follow a woman's:
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Don't frown; Smile. Bring light to your problems; Smile. Bring hope in your struggles; Smile. With circumstances staring at your world; Smile; Let burdens wonder how you cope; Smile.Smile; Smile; Smile
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