Turn a different corner
Beneath the heavy quiet of what used to be,
I walk the ghost of a road we never made.
If we had turned a different corner,
Our shadows would have vanished into shade—
We never would have met,
Never learned the bitter weight of this regret.
I am drifting now, pulled beneath the swell,
Swept away in a current running deep and cold.
You shifted your ground, moved on, left the shell
Of a promise we could no longer hold.
My spirit thins; I stumble, hollow and unspooled,
A soul left aching, quiet, and fooled.
Yet I call to the wind to turn you back—
Return and conquer the grief that takes my breath.
Restore us to the old altar of our love,
And breathe a living warmth into this death.
You took my power; now awaken the flame.
Lift me from the ashes of my name.
Mend this heart that fractures beneath the hide,
Where I bleed in secret, suppressing the stain.
You swerved from the path, deviated wide,
Leaving us tangled in quiet, unspoken pain.
Tend to the soil, plant our roots once more,
Sweep clean the wreckage and open the door.
Rebuild from the Wreckage
Remodel the home we built out of trust,
Alter the shape of this dark, unyielding fate.
Do not stand stagnant, letting us turn to dust;
Resurrect the spark before it is too late.
Strike a new light across the shadowed floor,
Soften my spirit so I may believe you once more.
Either heal me completely or set me free—
Lock your heart back to mine, or let the river run.
Reorganize the broken fragments of me,
Or leave me turned toward a different corner
Sepedi translate
E re ke Buše pelo ke fenye go tlogelwa
Boela morago go nna o Kgutla
Boela madulong a lerato la rena la kgale
o nkamoga matla
lohleletseha matla a lerato la rena a boye
gore ke Kaonefala ke fole gape Maikutlo
Ke Fenye mogopolo ke lebale
O Ntšhafatsa matla
Ke ota ke ewa ke tswela pele
Ke Senyega go Biphe gore ke kaonaFale
Onphošolla pelo
o tswele pele o ngodisa ke go tshephe hape
oketša o Kgabiše o thuse o oketše holofelo
o kuke ge ewA
Ke ntšhafatsa matla a lerato la gago
Ke fetole lerato
Ke Belekele go emela ke hlatloge
Oketša boemo bjaka
OnPhošolle ke kaonefale
Lema o Godisa o Pholiša o psatša
Hlwekisa o Phutha o Seletša Boha bja rena
Ke Senyega ke bipha Ke Gobala pelo e biphe
Fetola lerato Lokisa ka mokgwa wa gago
Lokisa bopa gape lerato laka
nPhošolla Ke Fetoge Ke dira gape wa nthata
Bopa gape lerato o beakanya gape
Fetola ponagalo o Sale o dule
Ikutlwa Bokaone Boela maatlenge
Lokiseha o fola maikutlo a go Utlwisisa gape
Kaonefala o humane tsoseletsehe o bipha
Palelwa o bipha Sutha o fetoga
Tsoga Tseleng arogoga
Ke a Goga ke Hoholeha ka gare ga lerato
bjalo ka lerato o tsamaya O Huduga
O Tloša o romele O Suthise o retologa
Fetofetola arogoga o fapantšha o beakanya gape
Beeletsa pelo ya gago gape
Bea lefelong le lengwe
Emela o Arogoga ka bjako
welapele o swara pelo yaka
E sala e dula E Fetola Sebopeho
Agha gape ntšhafatsa matla
Ntšhafatsa ka botlalo Fetola ka kudu
Toloka fetolela fetoga sebopyo
Tjhentjha fetola ponagalo
Ema felo go tee
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