Strawberry T. Dube Poems

The only time we have access to friends
Is during dreams and fantasy,
We sometimes see ourselves as sky scrapers,
Who hunt dreams by shooting stars,
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Ngiyabonga mama,
Mama ungiphile ithuba lokuphila,
Ngibonga ukuphuma ngiphephile
Njengabo bonke nami ngitshengise impilo.
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I am from emjondolo,
I grew up with no father,
And i would push a brick
pretending as if it's car,
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Mhla ngibethelw' esiphambanweni,
Ngangifela ezenu izono, enizenza emhlabeni,
Owayephethe wathi mugwazeni.
Ngakho-ke nani mhlabenibuza
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I didn't cry
Because they were looking at me,
I said everything is fine
Because they always
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