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Best Poems Written by Lebogang Maloka

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My Own Father

I AM MY OWN FATHER
I NEVER KNEW OR UTTERED THE WORD FATHER MY ENTIRE LIFE
AT SCHOOL MEETINGS,HE WAS NO SHOW
I ONLY MET MY FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT HIS FUNERAL
THATS IRONIC
I HAVE ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR MYSELF

I AM MY OWN FATHER
I AM MY OWN HERO
I AM ROBUST,STUBBORN,PROTECTIVE OF MYSELF AND ARGUMENTATIVE
I CANNOT BE SHAKEN BY ANYTHING
I AM PROUD TO SAY,I AM THE MAN
I AM MY OWN FATHER

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Empty Tin

EMPTY TIN,YOU ARE SHINY LIKE A DIAMOND
YOU ARE JUST A PIECE OF METAL WITHOUT FEELINGS
YOU ARE A PIECE OF TRASH AND GABBAGE
YOU DESERVE TO BE THROWN AWAY INTO THE DUMP

EMPTY TIN,YOU ARE NOT IMPORTANT
YOU ARE A CONTAINER WITHOUT CONTENTS
YOU JUST MAKE THE LOUDEST,PURPOSELESS NOISE IMAGINABLE
EMPTY TIN,WHY DO YOU TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING NOISE
TO OTHERS,YOUR NOISE IS A NUISSANCE 
ITS A DISGRACE AND INSULT

EMPTY TIN,TODAY YOU ARE OLD AND RUSTY
YOU LOOK UGLY AND AWFUL
BUT ON THE POSITIVE FLIP SIDE
YOU ARE LESS NOISY
YOU ARE CALM,QUIET AND COLLECTED
COOL LIKE A CUCUMBER

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The Rare Love of a Mother

THE SUN WILL SET,A MOTHER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WOULD COME FROM
A WOMAN WILL KEEP WONDERING WHAT SHE WILL FEED HER CHILDREN THE NEXT DAY
WITH NO EDUCATION,SHE WOULD VENTURE OUT,IN DESPERATE SEARCH OF MEANS TO ACQUIRE  FOOD
THROUGH HER JOURNEY,SHE WOULD ENCOUNTER PREDATORS AND MONSTERS
MONSTERS WHO HAVE GOT NO ETHICS AND MORALS
MONSTERS WHO LACK SELF DISCIPLINE ,SELF CONTROL AND SELF CONSCIENCE
PREDATORS WHO PRAWL THE STREETS WITHOUT SHAME LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF FALLOUTS,CIRCUMSTANCES AND SETBACKS
A MOTHER WOULD STILL GO OUT ,GO OUT A DAY AFTER DAY TO FEED HER YOUNG HUNGRY  MOUTHS.THE MOUTHS THAT WOULD TOMORROW HURL THE MOST PAINFUL INSULTS TOWARDS THE SAME MOTHER WHO GAVE UP EVERYTHING,HER DIGNITY,HER INTEGRITY AND HER SELF LOVE ,EVEN HER SOUL TO FEND FOR THE WOULD BE RASCALS
THE CHILDREN WHO TOMORROW WILL BECOME THE THORNS THAT WILL  PIERCE HER THROUGH AND THROUGH
CHILDREN WHO WILL BRING SORROW AND DESPAIR TO THE MOTHER WHO INVESTED ALL HER EFFORTS AND ENERGIES INTO THE GOOD UPBRINGING AGAINST ALL THE ODDS AND HURDLES
THE WOMAN WHO SUFFERED MOCKERY AND JUDGEMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE SOCIETY TRYING TO BE THE BEST MOTHER THERE EVER IS
A MOTHER WHO NURTURED HER CHILDREN,COME SUNSHINE,COME RAIN
A MOTHER WHO WENT THROUGH TRAUMAS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
THERES NO LOVE THAN A MOTHERS LOVE
A LOVE THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES
A BEAUTIFUL LOVE THAT IS GIVEN TO HER CHILDREN UNCONDITIONALLY
FROM BIRTH TO ADULT YEARS,EVEN FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
THE LOVE OF A MOTHER NEVER FAILS
THE LOVE OF A MOTHER CONQUERS ALL
IT IS NEVER BROKEN NOR SHAKEN
THE LOVE THAT IS TESTED UNDER VERY HARSH CONDITIONS
THE LOVE OF A MOTHER WITHSTANDS THE TEST OF TIME

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My Mother,My Pride

My MOTHER,MY PRIDE
MY ROLE MODEL
YOU ARE A TRUE AFRICAN WOMAN,A REAL MATRIARCH
WHEN YOU WALK,YOUR STEPS ARE LIKE THAT OF AN ELEPHANT

I LOOK UP TO YOU LIKE THIS GIGANTIC BAOBAB TREE
THE WAY YOU CARRY YOURSELF
YOUR BEAUTY IS LIKE THAT OF A PEACOCK
BIRD AMONGST BIRDS
YOU PROTECT YOUR OFFSPRINGS LIKE A HEN PROTECTING ITS CHICKS FROM THE CLAWS OF THE HAWK IN THE PRAWLING

MY MOTHER,MY PRIDE
WHERE COULD I HAVE POSSIBLY GOT SUCH A MOTHER FROM?
ONLY THE HEAVENLY ABOVE KNOWS
I WOULD NOT TRADE YOU IN FOR ANYTHING
MY MOTHER,MY PRIDE

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The Bleeding Shoulders

BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND UNREACHABLE
THOSE WHO GET TO HAVE AND HOLD YOU,ARE HIGHLY REGARDED
THEY ARE ENVIED BY MANY AND DESPISED  BY MANY AS WELL

BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOUARE EVERY WOMANS DREAM
BUT ONLY THE SELECTED FEW ARE CHOSEN,OR SHOULD I SAY SUPPOSED TO BE CHOSEN BASED ON MERIT

BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE DISCRIMINATIVE
ONLY THE MONA LISAS AND MARILYN MONROES ARE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE
THE FRANKENSTEINS AND THE JEEPERS CREEPERS ARE MARGINALISED
AMONGST THE MARGINALISED,LIE THE TRUE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALES OF TOMORROW
PEOPLE WHO WILL CARRY YOUR IMAGE AND UPLIFT IT 
FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE THE ART THAT HAS GOT NO BOUNDARIES
NO HOLES BARRED
BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND UNREACHABLE

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A New Dawn Yet To Come

AN OLD SUN HAS SET
THE LIGHT HAS WENT OFF
A NEW DAWN IS YET TO COME

THE GIANT HAS FALLEN
THE BIG STAR HAS FALLEN
I HAVE FALLEN,I HAVE FALLEN TODAY TO RISE AGAIN TOMORROW

I VOW TO COME BACK AGAIN
I WILL RISE AGAIN TO MY FORMER GLORY AND SHINE
I WILL SHINE AGAIN LIKE THE BRIGHTEST STAR
I WILL IGNITE THE FIRE IN ME ONCE MORE
I WILL COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
I SHALL COME BACK IN A SPEED OF LIGHT,LIKE A RUNAWAY TRAIN WITH NO BRAKES

I WILL RETURN TO CLAIM MY PLACE,MY POSITION IN THE CORPORATE WORLD
THE LIGHT WILL SHINE UPON ME
I WILL BE SHOWERED WITH SO MUCH PRIDE 
SONGS OF HAPPINESS AND JUBILATION WILL BE SUNG
ANCESTRAL ENTOURAGE WILL ULULATE BEYOND THE GROUND
CELEBRATING THEIR DAUGHTERS SUCCESS AND BRIGHT FUTURE

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The Wild Card

YOU WOULD ALWAYS SEEM MYSTERIOUS 
THE MOST SUSPICIOUS IN ALL THE DEVIOUS DEEDS AROUND BUT NO FULL PROOF TO CAN SUBSTANTIATE STATEMENT AND CONFRONT
IF ONLY THE WALLS WOULD TELL,A TALE  OF THE UNTOLD
THE SECRETS WOULD BE LET OUT IN THE OPEN TO EVERYONES SHOCK AND DISMAY

YOU WOULD DINE WITH THE REST WITHOUT ANY FORM OF GUILT PESTERING YOU
DAILY OCCURENCES TAKE PLACE LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING
COUNTING THE DAYS ONE AFTER THE OTHER
EYEING THE GRAND PRIZE,PLANNING FOR THE ULTIMATE WIN AND CLAIMING YOUR PLACE AMONGST THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS
DREAMING EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE GLITZ AND THE GLAM THAT WILL SURROUND YOU
EVERYWHERE YOU GO,PAPARAZZI WILL BE FOLLOWING
TAKING A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT WOULD BE CALLED LIVING AN AMERICAN DREAM

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Insomnia

NIGHTIME BEFALLS,TIME TO GO TO SLEEP
IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE,SLEEP IS SCARCE
THERE ARE TOO MANY TOSSES AND TURNINGS
WORRY LOOMS
EYES ARE WIDE OPEN AND YOU ARE WIDE AWAKE AS IF HAVE HAD A CAFFEINATED BEVERAGE
BRAINS ROAMS

ITS AS IF THE CLOCK HAS STOPPED TICKING
THE WORLD HAS COME TO A COMPLETE HALT
YOU CANNOT WAIT FOR THE ROOSTERS WAKE UP CALL
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL TAKE FOREVER BEFORE THE MORNING COMES

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Smile

SMILE,STAY WITH ME
THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS
SMILE,BRING ME SUNSHINE
BRING ME LAUGHTER

SMILE,STAY WITH ME
MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN
MAKE ME THE SAME AGAIN
SMILE,WIPE AWAY MY TEARS
WIPE AWAY MY SORROW,MY MISERY

SMILE,STAY WITH ME
SMILE,BRIGHTEN UP MY FACE
SMILE,ENLIGHTEN MY LIFE
SMILE DOWN ON THOSE WHO PERSECUTE ME
SMILE DOWN ON HATERS WHO ARE FULL OF JUDGEMENT AND TRY TO BRING ME DOWN

SMILE,STAY WITH ME 
FOR THOU SHALL BE WHOLE AGAIN
FOR THOU SHALL BE VINDICATED IN THE END
SMILE,STAY WITH ME
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL STAY WITH ME
AND I SHALL SMILE AGAIN

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The Times of No Pound

APARTHEID REGIME IS LONG PAST
BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN SUFFERED DEARLY UNDER OPPRESSION
SHE GOT LIBERATED IN 1994 OR SHOULD I SAY SHE GOT POLITICALLY LIBERATED
WHEN WE CAST OUR FIRST VOTES WHICH LET TO THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA
HOWEVER,BEING LIBERATED ONLY MEANT DEMOCRATICALLY
TO THIS DAY,WE STILL NOT LIBERATED FROM THE SHACKLES OF DISEASE WHICH HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF SO MANY AND STILL CONTINUES TO DEVASTATE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AT LARGE

INTIMACY HAS BEEN ENGULFED WITH SO MANY BOUNDARIES 
FEAR HAS BEEN INSTILLED IN EACH AND EVERYONE OF US
YOU CANT HELP WONDERING IF TOMORROW ,YOU WILL BE THE ONE OF THE CASUALTIES OF THE ENORMOUS MONSTER WITHIN US AND SUBSEQUENTLY A STATISTIC

YOU LOOK YOUR CHILDREN IN THEIR EYES
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS PRAY AND LIVE FOR THE MOMENT
THE REST YOU LEAVE IT IN GODS HANDS
INDEED ,WE ARE LIVING IN THE TIMES OF NO POUND AT ALL