Best Poems Written by Thabisile Precious Mlambo

Like Many Other African Daughters

She was every girl’s envy 
Beautiful but pure
But now she has H.I.V
Deadly with no cure
She wonders when 
And she wonders how 
Like many other young African daughters 

It was her very first time 
A quick thrill 
She thought it not a crime 
But now she lives on a pill 
She wonders when
And she wonders how 
Like many other young African daughters 

Her parents haven’t been told
Neither does her lover know 
She is not yet that bold 
And hopes it will never show 
She wonders when
And she wonders how 
Like many other young African daughters 

There is also a baby in her womb
Who will come to the earth 
So she thinks about the tomb
And whether she should give him birth 
She wonders when 
And she wonders how 
Like many other young African daughters 

“When will I die?”
I tell her; “never” 
If she accepts Christ 
She will live forever 

“How will it end?”
I say; “well” 
If she trusts in Jesus as her friend
And drinks from salvation’s well 

I am not treating her condition lightly 
But there is a God Who loves this young woman 
And even when she starts to look unsightly 
God is still so in love with this young African 
He knows when 
And He knows how

Copyright © Thabisile Precious Mlambo | Year Posted 2016