A Soul Poem by Thabani Khumalo

The pent up anger you progress on innocent persons,
React with caution considering the mysterious nature of your situation -
mysterious even to you in all rationale,
you, the only holder of the torch to your living functions.

Don't step over the innocent attempting to even out your grievous guilt.
Be considerate and regulate yourself to voluntarily forgo
your guilt because all you have in life is a soul.

We are merely inured with our individualism and difficulties
and are permissibly communal at a bumper harvest of a quality grain;
with timely allowance do we only get to share our true concerns.
It is deeply grievous to allow one's anger into another individual's life.
Strive for peace, for love and tolerance.
Therefore, incline on reason and resent hatred with all the granted might
because all you have in life is a soul.

Surely hatred alone is common to all -
it can be easily defined without a technicality.
Life seemingly slides easily towards hatred,
I can put my finger on it but never on love, but
hatred can never ever be good for the other
inasmuch as it cannot be good for one
because all you truly have in life is a soul.