Death Road

My road on Earth
Leads to Death
I must forget the past
And prepare the path
Today shall pass
What does Tomorrow offer?
Will I be there?
Or I’ll be dead?
So many perplex questions
Too difficult to answer
So I stay strong,
hold on
And soldier on!
How many funerals
Have I to bear witness
‘Til I realise mine is next?
(Eish…)
The prospect of facts
Motivates me to act
So I made a pact
To tell the youth
Nothing but the truth
Do whatever you got to do
Whilst stay true
And be you
Remember
Life is every man’s road
We got to keep the hope
We’re all going home
No matter how long it takes
There ain’t no escape
We ought to ride
To the other side.
Many different faces,
Family
Homies and enemies
Everyone I met along the road
Stick your chest out
Keep your head up
And focus
Ours
To live is to die
On this
Death Road

Peace Of Mind

Peace
Peace Of Mind

Is It Freedom
That Sets Me Free,
Free
From Mental Opression?
Could It Be Love
Making Me Smile,
Smile
Through The Hardship?
Can Time Heal My Wounds,
Wounds
Sustained From The Struggle?
Does Wealth
Make The World Twirl,
Twirl
And Whirl To Better Days?
It Can Only Be Peace

Peace
Peace Of Mind

Promise

From Alpha to Omega

Today and Tomorrow

From generation to another

In this life to the next

I Promise,

To be your Sun at noon

And at night, Your moon

To love, To have

And to give you love

In Tears.. ..In Cheers

I Promise

That Oceans may dry up

Mountains crumble down

And the Sun lose light,

So long I have life

I promise…

To keep my Promise.

Life is A Jorney

Life is a journey
On this journey
No one is holly
Many are greedy
Some are stingy
Oh My Lord
I do my best
I stand the test
Though it hurts
Hold my hand
‘Til the end
Of my journey
Telling my story
Be happy
Never judge
Harbor no grudge
I take charge
It’s my life
Hope to see the light
Shinning bright
Through the night
As I travel
It’s pick-and-shovel
God bless my feet
Pardon my deeds
Fulfil my dreams
So I live in peace
Before I rest in peace
Fierce storm
Over thorns
I stay strong
Backward no way
Forward always
I took my own way
I walk my journey
This is my journey
Life is a journey

Dreaming Of A Brighter Morning

I’m living

While dying

I’m trying

While fighting

I’m shaking

Wondering

Am I winning

Or losing

It’s confusing

I’m praying

Hoping

God is listening

Probably working

So I’m waiting

While sleeping

I’m dreaming

Planning

Preparing

For something

Amazing

Looming

New beginning

No stressing

I’m smiling

Knowing

Joy is coming

In the morning

Only God

He has made me
He can save me
He will change me
People judge me
They don’t know me
It’s only God
Who can judge me
My beginning
The road I travel
The evil I traverse
My destination
He alone knows
No eye has seen
Where the sun hides
When the night comes
Nobody knows
The End
From the Beginning
Of all Creation
My days are numbered
What the future holds
Is unpredictable
Yet inevitable
Do I have another day?
I can never tell
Nobody can
Only God!

Khale Ka Khaleni

Garingani wa Garingani
Ndzi tsundzuka madyambu
Ya khale ka khaleni
Hi tshamile exigodlweni
Hi ri karhi hi orha ndzilo
Hi oxa mbhacha
Hi katinga timanga
Hi sweka mantshutshu
Manana a hlaya xitori xa
N’wa-Mpfundla na N’wa-Nghala
A hlaya mintsheketo
A ku ntshayi xa ku famba
Xi nga vuyi
Ndzi ti n’waya nhloko…
Kasi i manana
Khale Ka Khaleni
A hi lumeka makhandlhele
Kumbe mavoni ya pharafini
Hi sweka hi ndzilo wa tihunyi
Hi nga lo tsema enhoveni
Hi endla tshwinga ekaya
Eku kuleni ka mina
A hi tlanga xizwathi
Na xitumbelelani
Kumbe xitumbeta nkhavi
A hi ya enambyeni hi ya khida
Hi phasa tihlampfi
Hi aka swimovhani swa vumba
Kumbe swa tinsimbhi
Sesi a ri chomi ya mina
Boti a ri munghana wa mina
Khale Ka Khaleni
A hi xeva hi thyeke
Ndzi nga vuli bangala
A hi femba majenje
Hi bata tinjiya
Kokwani a kandza xigugu
A yimbelela tinsimu ta buku
Ya mhalamhala
Hiku mhalamhala yi ta biwa
Loko N’wana Munhu a vuya
I Khale hi yi yimerile
Khale Ka Khaleni!

A Poem For Mama

Even Though You’re Gone
In My Heart You Live On
The World May Have Forgotten
That You Ever Existed
Long Live The Queen
Queens Never Die
They Never Say Goodbye
Only Fly To The Sky
Your Unfailing Love
Created Me
Without You There Ain’t Me
I Got Your Name Running
In My Blood
And Your Smile Running
On My Mind
Your Teachings I Engraved
In My Heart
Pen In My Hand
As I Begin To Scrawl
Many Are Words
But I’m Lost For Words
I Pray You Get The Message
As The Angels Continue
To Play You Sweet Melodies
I Hold On To The Memories
Whilst I Write And Recite
A Poem For Mama

Kasi Ndzi Onhe Yini?

Mi ndzi rhanga mahlweni
Mi ndzi sala endzhaku
Ma ndzi tseketsela
Ma ndzi avanyisa
Mi heta mi ndzi vamba
Ku kotisa N’wana wa Munhu
Mi hleka mi phakatana
Loko ndzi rila ndzi kololwa
Kasi ndzi onhe yini?

Vatswari va hlambe mavoko
Maxaka ya ndzi hlekula
Vanghana va ndzi vondzokela
Vaakelana va ndzi yowetela
Ndzi twa ku vava moyeni
Xana ndzi ta hanya kwini
La misaveni ku tele valala
Va lava nhloko nkambanini
Kasi ndzi onhe yini?

A ndzi teki nchumu xa munhu
A ndzi koloti munhu
A ndzi tleli ka n’wina
A ndzi dyi ka n’wina
Xana mi vaviwa hi yini
Ndzi dlawela ku hanya
Kumbe ndzi fela milorho?
Ndza vutisa ndzi hlamuleni
Kasi ndzi onhe yini?

Before I Die

I’m not dead
I’m alive
When I fall
I shall rise
Win or lose
I will fight
I’ve been to jail
I survived
It was hell
In the cell
All I needed was some help
God reached out His hand
Thought I wouldn’t succeed
They burried me I’m a seed
Through every storm I grow
I’m in the dark but I glow
Nobody tells me “go to hell”
I’ve been there now I’m here
All I wish is to see heaven
I gotta die to be in heaven
Just let me live
Before I die
Let me be
Before I die
I’ve got a dream to live
A promise to keep
At night I don’t sleep
Pondering about tomorrow
Will it end my sorrow?
Will I see the rainbow?
I don’t know…
Still I got hope
I set goals
I let go
And let God
Take control
Of my life
I take responsibilities
Utilize opportunities
If it’s worth doing
I do it
I believe l can make it
They can never understand it
Until they realise my vision
I’m on a mission
Travelling to its completion
Don’t need no obstruction
I just wanna live
Before I die

Where Is The Love?

I see no love
There ain’t no life
Blood shed on the streets
Children dying
Can you hear them
crying…
It’s very weird
How we hate apartheid
While embrace Xenophobia
Since only God can give life
We have no right
To take another’s life
She’s our sister
He’s our brother
From another mother
In another country
Stop the killing
The world needs healing
It got me thinking

Where is the love?

Tell me,
Can you let the poor die
From starvation
When you can be
A solution
It’s high time
We let love lead
Do away with greed
So we leave in peace
Sharing is caring
I wonder…
Why we hate to love
Bu love to hate
Love is the greatest
Without love
Life is a living death
I got love for my neighbour
As I got for myself
Do you love me as yourself?
It got me asking
Where is the love?

Oh Woman

She’s A Human
Then A Woman
Young Woman
Old Woman
Oh Woman

She’s My Mother
My Sister
She’s A Fighter
A Winner
From The Inside
To The Outside
Her Head To Her Sole
Always True Like A Fact
Even Though Not Perfect
She Takes A Stand
Embraces Responsibilities
To Create Possibilities
In A World Of Realities
Wonderfully Created
Faithfully Made

Oh Woman

I Appreciate Thee
Woman
For All You Do
Unto Usward
Everytime I See You
I Worship You
Blessed Be Thy Name
Oh Woman
Mother Of Nations
The World Is Doomed
Without Thee Woman
Man Is Just A Head
You’re The Brain Within
I Give A Holla To My Woman
Real Woman
Black Woman
White Woman
And You Woman

She’s A Human
Then A Woman
Young Woman
Old Woman
Oh Woman

Life In A Village

I was born in a vill
Surrounded by evil
Raised as a Negro
Some decades ago
No electricity
No opportunity
We embarked on a mission
And took an action
To embrace education
It’s our only hope
To eradicate poverty
But the road is rough
The journey is tough
I’m at war with my people
No love… No peace…
Only hatred
How can a brother rise
Against another?
We were supposed to live in unity
Live in harmony
But life in a village
One man’s progress
Is another man’s problem
Growing up in a village
Never easy for a black kid
I still struggle
For my freedom
Hope God gives I wisdom
Still I struggle
For my birthrights
I Won’t quit
I have rights
I struggle for survival
I’m looking for revival
To defeat my rivals
War in a village
Foes in a village
Life in a village

I Am

I am One in Seven Billion
The image of God
I am the Lion in his kingdom
I roar… I conquer…
I am a sheep among wolves
They seek to devour my dream
I am Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
I still have a dream
I am dust on the ground
Strike me once
I rise
I am Mohamad Ali
The world’s greatest
I am Floyd Mayweather
So many fights
Undefeated
I am a Mozambican soldier
The struggle continues
I am Tupac Amaru Shakur
Born not to make it
But I did
I am Nelson Mandela
Thank God…
I am free at last
Yes!
I Am!

If Thou Ought To Remember

If thou ought to remember

Remember not Summer nor Winter
Remember not Spring nor Automn
They are merely seasons
Changing everynow and again

If thou ought to remember

Let not it be the Sun
Neither it be the Moon
For the Sun is there for a day
And the Moon only lasts a night

If thou ought to remember

Remember not sweet
Nor bitter memories
You and I shared together
Old sweet memories never return
Bitter memories open up old wounds

If thou ought to remember

Let not it be the day I said “hello”
Nor the day I said “goodbye”
‘Cause days are passing by
And words are soon forgotten

If thou ought to remember

Today, even Tomorrow
Remember Me

Love Is

Love is the day I first saw you
We’d just met and I felt loved
Love is each invaluable moment
Spent with you,
Shared memories
That’ll forever be ineffaceable
The joy I feel is ineffable
Love is this inexplicable smile
As I think of you
Love is the tender caress
Of your hand to my skin
Love is thine yummy-tastey lips
That surpass luscious honey
Love is listening
To the melodic sound
Of your sweet voice
That resembles that
Of a singing bird
Love is when I need someone
Somewhat you avail yourself
Opening wide the door
To your love
So I dwell in a room
Full of love

Oh Love. . .

Love is a term
You’re the defination
Love is a question
You’re the correct answer
Love is my travel
You’re my destination
I am L.O and you’re V.E
Together we make LOVE
That makes us
Love is how I love you
Loved is how I feel
Love is a previlledge
For having lived by you
In the story of your life
Love is knowing that you’re happy
Love is how you make me a poet
Love is this poem for you
Love is You

You Are

You are Creator
You are Maker
You are Alpha and Omega
You are Lord
And the King of all kings
You are Lion of Judah
You are Great I Am
You are One in the highest
You are Love, The Truth
And the Way of Life
You are Kind
You Care
You are selfless
Self-Existent
You are Good Shepherd
Our daily repast
You are ever present help
In trouble
You are Light in darkness
You are All in All
Now
Then
And forevermore
You are God!

A Letter To Mother

Dear Mother,
It’s me your boy
A decade has come and gone
Thou art gone so long
I’m aware you never coming back
I wish for you to come back
Gone is when we used to chat daily
All I do now is write you a missive
Latterly to read it
All by myself
I keep writing anyway,
mother
‘Cause in my heart
Is a message for you!

And so, Dear Mama…

Ain’t got much but sincere gratitude
For all the things you’ve done
And all the things you’d have done
Mother,
You are the genesis of my life
I had all when I had you nigh
I saw love when I saw you coming
You were once in a lifetime blessing
The queen of my heart and my soul
All of me is the work of you
All my life I owe unto thee
As You Are; So Am I

Dear Mama;

I take pride being your son
All my life I keep striving
To make you proud
To be my mother
I remember vividly,
Our merry days
Life used to be meaningful
Now it’s all meaningless
Without you by my side,
I’m now left holding on
To old indelible memories
That we once upon a time lived
I know you didn’t leave me
Merely preceded me
Where you are I come
To be with you forevermore
Death shall part us nevermore
Trust me I swear
Mine beloved Mother!

One Day

One day Victory will be my name
Freedom will be my companion

One day the gash will heal
And the pain will be nevermore

One day my light will shine
‘Til darkness couldn’t fathom

One day I will not be dreaming
But living my dream will be life

One day happiness will follow me
Just as my shadow follows me

One day all will be history
And the future will be now

One day my tears and sweat
Will bring me eternal glory

One day I’ll sit at the table
And dine with the Father

Just One Day. . .

Today

A day after yesterday
A time before tomorrow
A place of always and forever now
The journey of life continues
As you ambulate with me.
Tomorrow comes
And there with me you land.
A big delusion it is
That you’ll ever leave my sight

Today. . .

Beginning you have not
End you do not
Just now and always Today!
In bed I sleep at night
Yet to wake up to your company
As you bring forth a week
That brings forth a month
That brings forth a year
Then years. . .
And life goes on today

Today… Today… Today…

Meaningless Tears

I have cried an ocean
Thinking I’m letting it out
Now I find myself drowning
in these tears of my own sorrows
Choking from the cups
of my own bitterness
My togue tasting my acrid soul
that makes I cry even more,
Tears falling down from the eyes
Like rain from the heavens
I watch as they run a marathon
down my innocent cheeks
In vast multitudes they run…
Tears after tears
They keep running infinitely
None can stop them
none can see ’em but the eyes
that brewed ’em deep within the
lacrimal glands
Oh I cry an ocean
I tried to swim but couldn’t reach
the shores
All I see are these meaningless
tears that inundate the surface
and expand to its horizons
Tears I shed back in the year,
the day and the hour
when mama brought me to earth
I cried for unknown reason
like a little baby that I was
Now I’m lost in my own tears
Tears of pain and affliction
Tears of defeat and humiliation
Tears of bereavement and sufferings
It’s all but meaningless tears I see
If these tears will not nourish the
seed of my dream to germinate
and sprout ’till it bears luscious
fruits of fulfilment and true reality
If the tears I cry are to later haunt,
torture, remind me of my anguish
Then it’s meaningless tears I cry
meaningless, meaningless tears

If You Can

If you can count all the plethora
Luminous stars up in the dark sky

If you can reach the core depth
Of the Great Pacific Ocean

If you can stand inches nigh
Facing the fiery eyes of the Sun

If you can enter Yesterday’s door
And preclude the inexorable future

If you can penetrate into my soul
And visit the domicile of my heart

Then can you utterly fathom
Just how much I love you

I Love You

The Sun materializes
Suddenly disappears

I love you

Another day cometh
Another day passeth

I love you

The Earth’s still rolling
Even if it were to cease

I love you

When life smiles at you
When it turns so doleful

I love you

In your youthful days
Unto your senescence

I love you

When time flies swiftly
Towards the end of time

I love you

While my eyes perceive
‘Till they shut for good

I love you

Each breathe I inhale
To the very last I exhale

I love You

I Believe

I believe in another chance
I believe in the present
I believe in the morrow
With new beginnings
I believe in living a dream
I believe in reality

I believe…

I believe in possibilities
I believe in miracles
I believe in God
And the Son of Man
I believe in Me
I believe in life after life

I believe…

I’ll Stand By You

When the sun is broiling
The deluge so intense
I will be the umbrella
Above your head,
I’ll imbibe the fierce heat
Let the hail bash on me
So you remain intact

I’ll stand by you

In your darkest days
When friends are few
I’ll be the only few
To stand by you
Hold you by the hand
And lead the way
Even if it leads to hell
I don’t give a damn
Needn’t you fret

I’ll stand by you

I’ll be the mirror reflecting
Smiles when you’re sad
A painkiller to convalesce
Your wounded heart
When all you ever had is gone
I’ll be all you never had
To watch your back
And scratch it when it itches
To the very end

I will stand by you!

We Are Toiling

A woman in her labor period
Midwives helping her deliver
They are toiling
Her newborn groomed into a bull
Cast in full horns
Only to toil
A student hits the road to school
The teacher is educating pupils
They are toiling
The employer and the employee;
Commuters and their drivers
All are toiling
A man shall put food on his table
From the harvest of his toil
Sunrise to Nightfall
We are toiling, under heavens!

In The Eyes Of The Lord

Black, White, Indian, Colored
Created He in His own image
Breathing the Spirit of life into
Their nostrils – Man and Woman.
The indigent begging alms
Out in the streets
The affluent flaunting his wealth
Before the face of the world
Yet none is superior nor inferior.
Different races, Different genders
One Spirit that gives us being.
All are the same and tantamount
In the eyes of the Lord!

Hi Nghenelwe!

Hi nghenelwe eAfrika Dzonga
Swingomantata na Tinsulavoya
Va ambala tisudi leto vangama
Va pfula Bibele vaku i vaporofeta
Vahundzurile yindlu ya Yehovha
eBako ra makhamba
Va khoma nkuzi xi lo hosii!

Afrika Dzonga, Hi nghenelwe!

Hi nghenelwe hi vuvabyi
Bya ku kala xitshungulo
Hi nghenelwe hi vadzika-ndleve
Va ku tshika ndlela
Va famba hi nhova
Varhangeri va lunya na makolo
Va phangha va tsona swihlangi

Hi nghenelwe hi dyandza
Hi nghenelwe hi ndhambhi
Hi nghenelwe hi madzolonga
Yo koxa vutomi bya varikwerhu
Xana hita balekela kwihi
Hikuva eDzongeni ra Afrika
Hi Nghenelwe!

Story Of My Life

I’ve got a story to tell

The story of my life:

I tasted a paramount victory

Suffered an acute defeat

I underwent the ups of life

And endured its travails

I’ve once been happy

Once sad

I laughed, I cried

Such is the story of my life

I’ve been admired

I’ve been despised.

I met dozens of friends,

Made numerous enemies.

Misunderstood by many,

Judged for being me

Gleeful days

And worst ones

I have seen them both

I saw my foes

Mobilize against me

I saw them scatter

In several directions.

I’ve felt so strong

At times, so weary

But I’m still Me

I wish, I dream, I hope

It’s just the story of my life

Hope

Hope, My Hope
I fell for your snare
Just when I was way feeble,
Drowning in a deep sea
Of pessimism
Unable to keep my head afloat;
I’d given up trying
‘Cause trying was but futile
Then you came, Oh Hope

You captured my being
Only to feed me hope.
You gird my loins
With a belt of hope
When the outlook is bleak.
You encourage me
To endure adversity
With perfect aplomb;
Oh Hope, You’re the strength
That gives me hope…

I keep hoping even when
Hoping seems hopeless;
I’ve got hope
That it’s all feasible,
The future still auspicious.
I am a convict of Hope,
What have I to do
But patiently cling to the
Little hope left in me.
You have given me hope
Oh, Hope… My Hope!

Anything For You

Though we may be
A thousand milles asunder
My voice still whispers
Sweet nothings in your ear
And before they could get
past your tympanum,
Words constantly waft
Into the sky above.
But always remember
Anything for you
I’ll cross a river
Overflowing with
Bloodthirsty crocodiles,
Traverse the most darkest
And evil forest
Grabbing the bull by the horns;
Weather a spate of cold
And stormy nights
Accompanied by unceasing
thunders and lightning;
Climb over the mountaintop
Treading on scorpions
And serpents
Just to come through for you,
My dear
I’m not a muderer
My hands are immaculate
Trust me; If needs be
I will kill for you
Wash my hands with the
Blood of your advesaries,
Compromising my demeanor
And values
For the one I so dearly cherish
I’ll sacrifice
It’s so onerous
To forgive and forget
Hurt me a myriad times daily,
See, a myriad times daily
Shall I forgive and forget all
You know why?
‘Cause it’s you – None but you
Anything humanly possible,
For you I’ll do, my dearest

There Is A Home

They came like tomorrow
Passed like yesterday
Evanescing like a wisp of smoke
ascending into the air
Now and again fellas hibernate
To emerge never
Jillion of eons, hitherto,
Forlornly we wait and wonder:
Where are they?
Life in this world is transient

We’re merely tourists
exploring the sublime wonders
Of His fingers
Very soon, like a prodigal son
We shall come home.
Home to the Fatherland;
Far across our solar system,
Far beyond the Sun, the Moon,
and the stars in the firmament.
Away from this world;
her Mountains, Forests,
Oceans… Just far…
Past the horizon

It’s a beauteous paradise
adorned with holliness,
A city of transparent gold
With no kinship with poverty.
There is no weeping,
nor mourning, nor pain;
But a land hovering
with tranquil zephyr
That cultivates the soul
with tender loving peace;
Breathing eternal life

When my departing horn blows
Please, lament not
Lest you blight my
Home welcoming banquet,
The singing and chanting
for beatitude
That the last enemy
Death, I have defeated
And home sweet home I come;
Surely, there is a home

She Is A Woman

She is brave and bodacious
A heart of a lion she possesses.
She is not afraid of gripping
The knife by the edge
She is so powerful, yet so faithful.
She is a mother to her offspring
And to the motherless
She is a woman

A woman who embraces wisdom
A woman of understanding;
Whose eyes sparkle with
Everlasting kindness,
Her heart throbs with
Invincible love and generosity
She`s a hand that gives,
A hand that blesses
Our daily bread that fills us full

She gives birth to humankind
And nurtures.
She educates, She motivates.
An intrepid lioness
Shielding her cubs from menaces
A refuge and tower of strength
In the face of evil,
A luminary giving light
In our darkest days.

The strong wind hovering
Beneath our wings,
A big tree providing shade
In a hot wilderness,
A well that never runs dry
In drought.
She is not perfect
Nor infallible
Just simply, A woman.

We Live In Fear Under The Sun

From the rising of the Sun
To its setting
When the first rooster crows
In the wee hours
And birds of the air soar up
High at noon
‘Till howling dogs begin
To howl at midnight;
We live in fear under the sun

At nightfall we hit the sack
For some quiescence,
After yet another debilitating
Day for survival,
We doze off, meanwhile
Half of our brain remains awake,
Cognizant of the perilous cloud
Brooding over the roof.
Like a prey spending
Its lifetime in fear of predators
So, we live in fear under the sun

A minute we spend
With Family and Friends,
Reminiscing and laughing
But the assurance to see them
The next, we have not!
So fearsome
The prospect of the Son of Man
Showing up to judge men;
Unannounced finds us
Gratifying our sinful desires.
The air we breathe reeks
Of foboding evil, Fraught with fear
Fear for not knowing how
The future will soon transpire.

So I ponder,
Will I set foot into
A new dawn that is looming
Yes I will…
Perhaps not…
I don’t know, Nobody does
But God who’s in charge
Of the Sun that ripens my day
If He pleases,
It might set on me
Wholly perturbing,
The thoughts of the unknown
Shuddering in fear
I guess it’s how it is
We live in fear under the sun

Man In The Mirror

Titivated myself
Took to the standing mirror
There he was,
Right under my nose he stood.
Up his fontanel
Scanning down his soles
The man duplicates me
His skin as dark as mine;
His figure, a copy of mine
Dressed as I
I vividly recall,
I’ve seen him prior
The man in the mirror
He’s got eyes and ears
I wonder if he sees me
Or hears my voice.
I grinned he grinned;
I frowned he frowned
All I do, he does too
I wanted us to converse
Face to Face
Man to Man
I reached out my hand to seize his
I reached out the other to drag him
He did likewise
Couldn’t bring him out
Into my world,
Neither could he bring me
Into his
The mirror wall ‘tween us
Kept us worlds asunder
Thought of smashing it
Into smithereens
I did not…
I love my mirror
So bad that I couldn’t!
Was he impersonating I
Or just reflecting I?
I asked myself,
Without answers
Turned my back and left
Hoping the man’s following
He wasn’t…
Instead, took his own way
Where is he gone to?
Man in the mirror.

“I Have A Dream”

                                          

From the day I was born to the day I first realized the precise reason I live – I had a dream. Not a dream one normally have during their sleep at night, but a dream whereby you foresee the future in a more pleasant and positive way through the thoughts of one’s imagination. I plan and determine my tomorrow and the kind of person I wanna be in the near future, through a dream! Yes, I am a dreamer, I have a dream! Even though I was just an infant, naive and narrow-minded to comprehend the things happening to and around me; believe you me – from the moment I escaped my mother`s womb, I absconded with a dream. From the cracking of the dawn to the going down of the sun, I bear in my mind and in my heart – a dream. It is a dream I held on tight to from the moment I caught sight to the beauty of this mysteriously and wonderfully created planet of GOD, and everything therein. And even to this very moment you hear this sound of my voice at the back of your mind – I have a dream. In all I do, I think of this dream. When I sit alone in a quiet environment attentively listening to the sound of my thoughts, all I could do is meditate upon this dream.

Not only am I a dreamer, but a dreamer who lives to see his dream fulfilled someday. A dream is a special wish one carries in their heart, and so I carry in my heart – A dream… A wish. The only thing that lies between my dream and I is fulfillment. I live not only to keep on dreaming, but to see that long-awaited special day when I`ll get to live my dream. People may take away from me everything I own, but never shall they take away from me `My Dream’. Every heartbeat I make and every breath I take, is for my dream to keep on existing, kicking and fighting until it materializes. I am obsessed with my dream, my mind is preoccupied with a dream, and I am hypnotized by a dream, a dream I cannot go a day without thinking of. It is a dream entirely attached to my whole being, a dream that completes me. And even though one day I`ll be no more in this inimical world, my dream shall continue to live on. For those who are bound to this dream, will remain and see to it that this dream lives on forever; and even when I sleep to awake no more, I`ll still wear on my face, a beautiful smile and rest assured knowing that my dream has become a pure reality. I have a dream!

I dream of a new planet, a new world where even the impossible will become possible. I dream of a new peaceful life filled with joy and happiness; in a world where today`s sulking will be converted into giggling, and the streams of sad tears that trickle down my face will be transformed into perennial rivers overflowing with tears of joy. Oh, heavens know how I so dream of that day, when my joy will be seventy-seven times greater than the pains I endured all those years. When neither storm nor thunder exist; and the dark cloud that covers the sky and blocks the sun from shinning will fade off like a smoke of fire dispersing in the air. I dream of a day when poverty will only be a story to reminisce of in the near future, and a firm foundation to my great impending success and achievement. Like any tenacious and optimistic student out there, I dream of seeing myself arrayed in a graduation gown someday. I have a dream… A dream of a one big happy family when united and together as one shall we stand with my family and build a new great `Mavundza Empire`. I have a dream of a family in which one day my siblings and I will become supportive parents, uncles and aunt to our obedient children, nephews and nieces. It is in the best of my interest to see to it that one day my parents` legacy is being taken from one low level to another top level.

To my two brothers and sister: It is incumbent on us to make it our top priority that one day we gonna have to lead a good and inspirational life which will leave behind a legacy for our descendants to carry through and pass on to the next and forthcoming generation. I have a dream, a dream of a beautiful and worry-free life when everything that was meant for me, will be mine. I dream of that day when I`ll own the keys of my own dream cars; living in my own dream house to call home. Like a hungry lion lurking behind a bush for a one lost poor prey to pass by, so is my heart patiently waiting and highly anticipating that special and sacred day when I`ll meet my lost rib to complete me; a descent, well-mannered and God-fearing woman who will be a respectful and responsible wife, and a loving and carrying mother to our God-given-children. On top of all these, I have a dream of a new life brimming with joy and happiness! This is a dream embedded deep within my heart, come what may… Be it failure, setbacks, downfall, disappointments, delays, hardships, tribulations or any sort of impediments – Nothing will ever separate me from this dream. It lives within me, without it I’m only a void vessel, for this dream is a clear reflection of whom I shall be tomorrow.

I live to see the day family and friends will congratulate me, moreover, to see the day my enemies will plead to shake my hand and salute me for a battle well fought all those years and eventually triumphed against the all odds. It is my dream, that one day I`ll wake up only to realize that the present is the past, and the future is the present. I bind my goals to my dream, and my dream to my future, so that when the future comes I may live my dream! And all my goals will be attained like a soccer player scoring goals in an open net without a goalkeeper. I,  Akani E. Mavundza, have a dream!

   SO HELP ME GOD, TO CROSS THIS BRIDGE TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE MY DREAM IS!!!