Thabang Ngoma Poet Lyric

The First Raindrop - Guts and Gain

For a man to walk alone...in a city of millions
For a heart to be forlorn...in a world of billions

For a man to wander...purposelessly below his limits
For the soul to wonder...why it even exists

The first raindrop...fell to the desert earth
And as it dried up...it felt so close to death

But soon another one fell...then more rain came 
And soon all those raindrops...collected into a powerful stream

It washed away the dust
To reveal his Grand Canyon 
His mountain of troubles also didn’t last
For his beautiful Niagara Falls came down

So for a man to be out in the rain
Misfortune and shame his mantra
The first raindrop to fall into the ocean
Drew a rainbow from thunder

For a man to walk alone...in a city of millions
For a heart to be forlorn...in a world of billions

For a man to wander...purposelessly below his limits
For the soul to wonder...why it even exists

For a man to be alone...drowning his own teardrops
Raindrops fell to a desert dune...and flowed steadily into an oasis

So you’re not alone...maybe a bit dried up
You’re just thirsty for life...come on and drink up!




Thabang Jan Ngoma
07-15-2015

Sponsor: Olive Eloisa Guillermo
Contest Name: GUTS and GAIN

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