God's Answer Poem by Thabani Khumalo

IN THIS WORLD WHERE LOVE FALLS BEHIND,
BELIEVES ALIE SO MONEY GETS YOU BY,
YOU ARE LEAD UNSOUND AND UNSOUND YOU DIE
WONDERING WHY YOU ARE AILING. WHY?
TO YOU I SAY THAT DON’T YOU TRY,
I KNOW YOUR PAIN, I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT MINE.

I KNOW YOUR SOUL AND YOUR THOUGHTS INSIDE,
TO EVERYTHING I HAVE SET A TIME.
YOU’RE WISE IN MIND SO, REPRESS NO PAIN,
TO YOU I SAY THAT DON’T YOU TRY,
I KNOW YOUR PAIN, I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT MINE.

YOU’RE LIKE AN OWL THAT FLIES IN THE NIGHT,
YOUR VISION’S PLANTED HORROR IN THEIR MINDS.
YOU GO UNSUNG BUT WHAT IS THEIR SONG
O GOD OF MINE THAT SUSTAINS MY THOUGHT?
TO YOU I SAY THAT DON’T YOU TRY,
I KNOW YOUR PAIN, I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT MINE.

YOU’RE WISE, UPRAISED AND HUMBLE IN YOUR HEART
BUT TO THEM ALL YOU’RE AN ANCHOR OF DEMISE.
YOU’RE SPELT IN DOOM AND CAST ABOUT THE EDGE
BUT IN MY HEART, YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MINE
TO YOU I SAY THAT DON’T YOU TRY,
I KNOW YOUR PAIN, I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT MINE.