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Best Poems Written by Lekau Mamabolo

Below are the all-time best Lekau Mamabolo poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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How the World Has Changed

Have you seen changing of colours?
World shifting thoughts without insight
Mellifluous tones making way for cacophony
Drums buried beneath shambles,
And people returning to the jungle,
Craving roots and leaves
As life becomes spooky affair
The world changing patterns,
As beauty becomes an obstacle

Have you witnessed the unforeseeable?
Mountains becoming smaller
Flower refusing to bloom
Nature giving up its mandate,
Moving away from positivity
Negativity embracing every creature
Inducing evil forces to celebrate with pride,
As the world falls apart
Hope assuming new meaning,
As happiness sink underground

That's how the world has changed
Love making way for hostility
Ignorance taking center stage
People searching through garbage
To find reasons for immorality
Taking journeys to the wilderness
Coming back with more grounds for deviation
Goodness plummeting deeper
As the world changes faces

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The Night

Every time the night comes,
Cutting me from beauty of the colourful world
Making my eyes flatter within empty space
Polished with darkest feelings
That prevents me from seeing beyond the river,
Where lies flora and fauna
Pigmenting the view like in the old choral days
Making the soul remain peaceful
Blood to flow freely and happily to the heart,
To deal with fear of unknown
Travelling with darkness of the night
Instigating the need to go up to the sky,
Ask the sun not to go away
Stay with me round and round the circle
Till I get to understand the night better.

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Singing a New Song

Singing a new song
Song out of charming silence
Deep from hole of the voiceless
Looking at quietness beating drums
While watching shadows of ballerina
Making her moves in the circle
Arousing smiles out of silence
Audiences began raising voices
Singing along movements of ballerina
New song composed out of silence
Merging souls of the voiceless
To become inquisitive
And look for deeper meaning in their lives
By so throwing sadness away
Began looking for pleasant streams
Singing new song of love
That helped every troubled soul
To rise and shine in the light

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I Wish There Was a Star:

I wish there was a star:
That knows what's inside my heart
Listen to my troubled thoughts
That talks to me when no one else is there
And call my name when it has been forgotten,
To make me shine when sadness is letting me down;
Truly, I wish there was a star:
That understands me better,
To bring back the smile stolen from me
And take me along in its journey, 
To a valley where all things shine happily
Where joy blossom every morning, every night
Lives decorated with anointed perfection;
Yes, I believe there is a star:
That loves me most
That sings my birth song,
Inspires me to fulfil my vows
And journey with me beyond the borders

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If Life Was a Game

If life was a game
Loving would not be magical
Neither a breathtaking journey
For love is an honour, a blessing
Bestowed upon the beloved
Inspiring humanity to see the world brightly,
With goodness and sweetness in the midst
So, love is dignified feeling about reality,
Whereas game is about getting fun

If life was a game
Then there would be no faith
Because faith is all about belief,
With something worthy to hold on to,
Whereas game embraces contests;
If life was a game 
May be the truth would be forbidden
For the truth is a commitment,
To the just world, and route to perfection
But game is all about amusement

If life was a game
May be no one would be loyal
For loyalty is an art, of being devoted to the truth
But game is a pursuit for winning;
If life was a game
There would be no need to be good,
Because goodness is a moral obligation-
-Leading to eternity,
Whereas game is competitive obligation

Oh! If life was a game
May be there would not be much worth living for
For every creature would be a contestant
Fighting for the prize
For what more could we do?
Except seeking pleasure-
-Signing our names on admired places
Imagine if pleasure was the sole good,
With every creature yearning in desire
The whole world would sink in a funny mood

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Let Her Go

Let her go... grow her own field of joy
Become link... linking her to the sun,
Taking her nearer to the sea
To be the river that never goes dry,
Flow even when clouds assembly no more,
And feeds oceans that feed other rivers;
Let her go and become,
Founder, creator of her own dreams
Draw the map she wants to use
Paints her life in a good mood
Forever value the garden in her heart
And forever to be the artist of her own happiness;
Let her go... watch flowers blooming with love
To continue writing and singing to the sun
Cherish her loving desires
And enter her paradise with love appetite
Let her go... rejuvenate her romantic capabilities

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Wind Passing By

Listen to the wind passing by
From the alienated side of the world
To the world beyond decorated mountains
Blowing quietly and peacefully
And invigorating like happy rivers in dry season,
Thereby pledging allegiance to natural order
So, I decided to turn back and follow the wind
To find its place of comfort
For, if it was not for the good,
It wouldn't blow, then,
Going back is the only hope,
That I will reach the sacred palace
Where the wind lays its roots
To absorb that peaceful air
And find solace in its presence
May be one day when I come back,
I will be happier, so pleasing
And stronger like the wind

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If Tomorrow Could Be a Day

If tomorrow could be a day
I will wake up to see wonders
Morning of flowers blooming
Sun rising with bright smile
Giving the world reasons to wait for other days

If tomorrow could be a day
I will climb the mountain with love
To experience the power of beauty
Find what my friends have been doing
And carry that joy back to my hut

If tomorrow could be a day
I will wait patiently for the night to come
To see the moon and stars coming for their shift
Shining with hope in their agenda
Making everyone believe goodness does exists

If tomorrow could be a day
That will be the day of revival
Calling back juiciness of the time,
When happiness befriended every creature;
Only if tomorrow could be a day

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There Is One Thing

There is one thing
That inspires every living organism
That rises distinctively from what we know
One thing that freshen appearance of everything,
To be sanguine about future

There is one thing
That inspects the soul of every creature
That opens and closes all gates
One thing that knows every name
Only thing certain about tomorrow

There is one thing
That rises further alone,
To the level nothing ever will
One thing shining with goodness
Only thing holding pure perfection

There is one thing
That fulfills everything
One thing whose love is unmatched
Only thing whose reality never changes
Only one thing that is really the one

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Only She Knew

She knew, sadly, no one else
That he was incredible, self-effacing creature
Merely trying to unravel mysteries, roving in people's lives
And share tales from forgotten planets

Like hero born out of poverty, wearing Crown Jewels
He wanted to leave inspirational mark
In a world of diversity; Kids labeled before birth
So, he became culprit, like he belonged to the lost world

False prophets tore him up. unaware he was cheerful someone
Hope keeper, and splendid like orchids under the sea
Only trying to link pieces together, in loving fashion
And make them meaningful to the world

Only she knew, and no one else
That he wanted to resurrect pre-ancient memories
Inspire the world with love magic
For there was deep happiness, sowed in his heart

She watched, watched, and watched him with love
Living life of sweetness, throughout the four seasons
Something he could have shared with the world, like in the year of hope
When all animals celebrated together, to share all their wonderful stories