Shelton Chiuswa

We will plant an oak tree for this half a decade of love together sweetheart,
The beautiful green leaves so pure as our union,
they tear with joy with the morning dew of our new day,
We will seat at noon under the willow tree in harmony,
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The wounds of reflection press on my mind,
A numbness profound tags on my hind,
Distant whispers of voices once heard echo in mytympanic membrane,
Recollections of time and times adventures, clear and calm in an abyss
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Her smile mesmerizes my inner being,
Her eyes leave me feeling as light as a feather,
Her warm caress calms my volcanic energy smoothing my vivaciousness
Her gentle rub assets my inner security of the universe
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Galloping sounds of the drumbeat echo over the ravine,
The wind whistles in haste urging on the medium to appear,
Distant cries unknown magnetize the courtyard into a mystic dance,
The drummer pounces faster as his rhythm is embodied with that of the leaves and Mopane trees.
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She clad her white cotton knitting, rapped her baby within a shawl the cold massaging her lips.
The cold wild chipped on her fingers munching away her nail endings.

Darkness is a daily constant night friend as she wanders the night with her wares, selling all she can offer. A pound of flesh for marauding lions, bananas for the monkeys.
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Misodzi mumatama arimafashamu neshungu,
Mitsara tika-tika kuita mihomba mumapfeka edzoro,
Miromo mbuu sejenaguru raMuchineripi,
Mutumbi chimisikidzo yenguva pfungwa nendangariro,
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Mhute rakava mufuko werwendo kumapinga erwendo
Chitima chevanhu chainge chakaradanuka mutema akananga panhongonya yerwendo.
Kukuma nekudzvova dzaive muchingamidzo wenyika yatsikwa neemutema.
Mhino dzaive dzovavira nhava yenhekwe, huro yemhino ichipamhinduru,
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Ndini uyu kutsi kweziso ndirikufmba hwaku mukwaku,
Pangu pangu muparuri wegoma achivamba mutambo
Mushamarari rwuyo rwuchitungidzwa vadereri vachiridza mhururu
Ndakasumudza uso ndiye ba kunhogonya we gomo,
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Hona iwe mzukuru ndiriko mumahomakombe enyanza
Rushaya gada ndakapeta rusero
Unondiniko nhai musharukwa zvondomhemheira semhepo yemhosva
Rushambwa rwangu rwunoda gobori hwemhando ipiko,
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Honaika zvawaparara nechakapedza mbudzi,
Pfumo reropa royerera renyu ropa rakayerera muna Runde, Gwizi rakaita kunge rateurwa hute dzaMakope
Nyakubaya nyemwe zviga zvainge zvagadzwa mumabendekete ohupenyu.
Ndimiwo pfau pfau musimikidza yezvaivepo kare mumeso ichive ngangariro nemisodzi.
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Ndiripo pahuro yaMuchandiguta ndakaridza huwii.
Ndatorahwamanda ndakarikwama chiripo ripo.
Ndakaringa kuti Marwei anzwa kuti kwaita humambo,
Ndoringa mabvazuva kuti Tichatonga akaita zvembwa nhatu akatungamidza machinga,
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Hona uko kumakomo ndiro rodzokera muna amai varo.
Vaenzi vemiti tigu tigu vakananga kumapako
Izwai runyararo wauya nechinguva chazorora mwenga wesikati.
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Ndagara ndasimuka ndakwenya ndapoterera
Hecho chamupupuri choungana chotrnderedza musha madanha api aya.
Zvainenge hochi mukochi yejambwa kondakatadzeiko.
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Uchazova vhenekero redzinza
Mitunhu inemiti Mhukahuru ichadzupura
Iwe chako kuzendama pamuhacha womirira
Zvinyavada tichatswanya musoro yemarize tichimedza,
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Uchava ruchengeto weruzhowa rwedzinza rwangu,
Pandichaneta uchanditambidza mukombe wemvura
Pandichazendama nedziro renyika uchandipa chigaro
Ndiwe hako dangwe rwerupenyu rwangu
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Zuva parakaturuka, nyeredzi dzakandipa chayedza
Pandapota dzimbahwe ndaveapo murimuka Sango dema.
Patakati tigu kujenaguru mbereko yako yaivemo muchiuno
Zuva parakaora ndaivepo ndiri miridzo yemhepo.
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The old wooden tool box it lay cold as ice,
Like an effigy curved but retired before it was primed.
An echo called from a great distance with
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The cello vibrant sounds sizzling with the echoes of your voice
High motion perplexes high motion with a numbness of joy
The echoes of my happiness resonate all around
The one sunshine serenade the night to day with that bubbly smile,
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The cold breeze of dusk sips through the sores of my feet,
Rumblings in my belly grow louder as anxiety invades me, with every tick-tock of the Grandmother clock,
Chills fill the room as my body is asphyxiated by the sight of the orange crescent of dusk.
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Sweat drips from my head caressing my cheeks,
Dry lips chirped irking for a dropof salvation,
Beard greasy illuminated to its contours,
Breathe by breathe of great joy in completion of a shift,
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