Hate Caregiving Poems

Bad boys 
Change your Ways oh boys 
Cos life is short oh boys 
Is it better to die for nothing
Or to live for something valuable...

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Raining

It is raining outside. 
I can hear the drops on the roof. 
They are loud, 
and getting louder all the time. 
My heart seems to...

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The eyes of love are the eyes of God
The eyes of love do not see evil
The eyes of love see the good in others
The eyes...

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I TRULY LOVE YOU BEYOND MY BREATH BEYOND YOURSELF

I so care for you; I truly love you
You care not what you do to you
How can...

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In ice cave or deep woods
In multistories malls or deserted footpaths
In prettiest arm of lover or deep sleeps   
    ...

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What is on the news today 
All the things they say
People lost and crying. 
Tears are no longer drying 
The forecast is calling for pain
What...

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if i give you one piece
i give you my all
and before you can say
i'll make myself small
if you say you are hungry
i won't eat for...

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Justice
Just Us
What just us
We of colored race, what's up
 Variance of  browns shaded skins
Overly concentrated in melanin;
Just us!
Of African descent and other dark places...

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Squirts of pure wool are soaring above,
I wallow in the stand of a Neolithic sky,
Actively growing while being inventive,
As a kaleidoscope, mind and body sway.

A...

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Life

Life is full of pain, 
and I don't know why? 

I do in fact...
know the Lord, 
I know Him... 
by name. 
He is with me....

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I've depicted all the undesired bends.

Heightened indefinitely.
Assaulted my mind and emotions.
Traumatized my cosmic psyche.
Evaded environmental factors.

My closest companion was famine.
Yearn for lawlessness.

Backside of a fantabulous shape.
Outrage...

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Staged or Stagnant

The gathering of people, 
from here and there, 
and everywhere, 
made possible 
by time. 

What is important to each person, 
yet more important...

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THE HATE YOU GIVE
By: Sikolwethu Mthethwa 

Shed a tear for the kids who never had a compassionate witness to all their pain
Caregivers quick to label...

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The children are running wild, running rapid;
Like runAway children disrespecting children;
Some of them being heathen;
come one come all
Here comes the authority, the law;
Lead to slaughter...

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Lately,
I too often experience
anger begets anger
to also remember
love begets love.

This same appositional binary
appears in retributive criminal justice codes
culturally outweighing
restorative EarthJust climates
of healthcare giving
is also wellness...

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