It Over Poem by Mphathi Thobumoya Mbhele

IT OVER

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ngawe ethembeni ngase ngihlalile
umshado ngase ngihlelile
ubuhle bakhe base bungithathile
emnyameni busu ngkhiphile
kuwe besengizidelile
njengesigebengu esihlulwe umhlaba siyazdela
kodwa manje sengbonile amaphupho ashabalele kuhle
kwamazolo
injabulo yami yaqedwa nguye
ube wukhiye wempilo yami
kodwa ngingasho ubeyi ngidi ewrong like ubrenda
uhambe wrong baby
yazi bengkubiza ngobambo lwami
kanti uyisitha senhliziyo yami
angkholwa namhlanje simile enkundleni silinde
imiphumela yothando lwethu
angisho ukuthi khona ozowina nje nge Chiefs ne Pirate
kodwa ukhona ozolahlekelwa omunye
iskhathi ngismoshe kakhulu
nami ngbone sesphela ukuthi ubungbambezela
phela bengithi uwena ezongjubalala naye kanti
ngizdlalela umlabalaba

MA BABY NGYAZI BESITHANDANA
SIHLELI SIBAMBENE NGOCIKICANE SAMBISANA
INDLELA ENGIKUTHANDE UYICEKELE PHANSI NGOBA
SIGCINE SESIBHAYIZISANA
PHO SIKUPHI ISIDINGO SOKUTHEMBANA
AKE NGINGAKUBAMBEZELI
MTANOMUNTU IT OVER

uthando lwethu luphelele emoyeni njenge ntuthu
kuhle kwe sangoma esithe sidla isnemfu kanti sidla
insu
phela besiyintandokazi phakathi ko mphakathi wase
Mlazi kubantu singathi shu
besingathi siwu J&B ngoba bonke abantu bebephuza
kthina
ngyazi sengyakdida
bekungathi ngiwu Jay-Z wena uwuBeyonce bonke
abantu bebephuza kthina uthando obelulibele lugelezile
esizibeni sothando
abanye besbuza senza ngani
bengibatshela ukuthi ukubambisana kodwa
sasingahlukaniswa yini
ngoba besingamaphiko engelosi sindizisa
singamathole sitshakadula esibayeni sethu no melusi
wothando lwethu methi mesibheka aphelelwe amandla
abone ukuthi uthando syalazi
noma ngabe kthiwa INDLELA IBUZWA
KWABAPHAMBILI
yena wasdedela sajubala kwazise ISINAMUMVA
LIYABUKWA
emaphephandabeni nako Magazine besiphuma phambili
ngoba besishuthwa
ifilimu emnandi eyihlaya ngoba ngigcine sengihlekwa
mina bengingazi loluthando lwethu luyi marathon ngoba
njalo bufuna ukuphuma phambili

MA BABY NGYAZI BESITHANDANA
SIHLELI SIBAMBENE NGOCIKICANE SAMBISANA
INDLELA ENGIKUTHANDE UYICEKELE PHANSI NGOBA
SIGCINE SESIBHAYIZISANA
PHO SIKUPHI ISIDINGO SOKUTHEMBANA
AKE NGINGAKUBAMBEZELI
MTANOMUNTU IT OVER

sekphelile ukuqhosha ngawe
empilweni yami akukho okuzongihlanganisa nawe
kwazise bengithi uwena umaqondana
bengithi njalo mangikubheka
umane ubheke phansi bese uyamamatheka
phela mengithi manginawe ifuture ngiyibone ngiyiphethe
ngesandla sami
yayi leziyazifa zakho bezisho okuningi kumina
izindebe zakho zikhuluma amazwi ajulisayo
ushaya ngezwi elimtoti unomoya ophansi
muthi mukhuluma kunyakaze emsamu ngithi kujabula
abaphansi
kanti bajabhiswa izenzo zakho mina bengingazi
uyisihlahla esibune ngezansi
mina ngasanganiswa ubuhle bakho ngabuqala phezulu
ngaphela enkabeni ngangafika ezansi
it to late to pologise mina ngeyami impilo
sengiqalaphansi
xola mtakwethu ngawe isinqumo ngisithathile
kweyami inhliziyo ukuhlala awukulungele
yazi abantu ngawe bebelibele bengitshelile ukuthi
awlungile
bengithi badliwa umona ngoba mina nawe sifanelene
bengithi badliwa umona ngoba mina nawe sihleli
sijabule
kodwa ukuzenza islima ngbona kuqhubekani
ngikhathele
kona ngyaz sujwayele amalove letter
manje inkinga angfunanda ingakho ngkufonela
lento iyanghlupha ingakho ngiyikhuluma
MA BABY NGYAZI BESITHANDANA
MTANOMUNTU IT OVER
MTANOMUNTU IT OVER