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Monday 4 August 2014

Dear Thandeka

Who told you that your beauty can give
You all that you need on this earth?

Well your beauty gave them all they
wanted from her. THANDEKA
Hai kuthi uya thandeka, just that
People want to take ownership of
Your assets.

Even naming your private parts in public
Your name became a disturbing distorted
sound to our ears.
THANDEKA!!
You were once beautiful within, before
Your cute naked eyes were covered
With lies.
You were made to shine at the horizon
The sky was never meant to be your limit.

If only the hands of time can hold you
Back. But behold you wind the arms
your clock and turned your back
against time.

Your future was brighter than the morning
Sun, days before you abandoned the Son that
Lived within you.
Within you, I saw a role model
Little did I know, you were cat walking
Your way into curiosity.

Once upon a time they walked from
Your behind, because you were figured
By then. Now you are figured from the
Front and slender at the back/bag, where
Are your books, because you are busy
Passing pregnancy tests.

Submitting your CV’s to the SASSA offices
While your peers are employed to the SAA
They are passing with flying colors. 

Dear Thandeka!!
What made you think that riding
In their cars will give you a status?
You became the perfect status message
On every Facebook account because of
Failing to face your own books.

An innocent soul is facing obstacles,
Sufferings and sicknesses, just because
You were too clever to even test your
Fertility at a younger age,
A teenage mother jumping
Out of her dreams, the only wish you
Have at sunset is the one to see your
Son sleeping with a happy stomach.

Your long term goals are turning into off sides,
It takes you to kick life around the corners
To put bread on the table, for you
Became the head of your own little family.

Thandeka!!
Or should I say dear Mrs. No one
To be with. Do u remember when
I told you how I felt about you, you
Kicked me away because I had
None but a bunch of books.
I still love you and your son.

Tell him that Uncle Ivan says” hang in there,
That’s where soldiers are born, hold the
Gun and point straight at your fears, there
Is no light without darkness, learn to walk in
Your sleep, I know you can follow your dreams,
Let your home begin where charity is”

Let your home begin where charity is
Dear Thandeka, raise that son to shine
In the dark and warm your tears.
It is never too late to change your
Attitude, you can still rise above the
Altitude and embrace your dreams.

Though it was ear breaking to hear
Sad stories about you, I never thought
One day I’d write a sad poem about you.
My hand was even shaking, the pencil
Was dissing around the stage, so confused
To even misspell your name
Than-daza, Tha-ndile
Thaaaannn-Deka!! Thandeka

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-Poetic2mI-



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