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POETRY CORNER



Poem: I've seen the world

By : Lutho Mdashe


I've seen .

I've seen hearts that bleed to non-existence but still continue beating .

I've seen sorrows that drowned into tears tarnishing bright tomorrows .

I've seen a wiseacre leading nations into devilment .

I've seen the most calmest faces with dangerous minds planning .

Whatever plan they set out , they destroy .

For they find peace in chaos .

Yet they still portray the most calmest faces .

There's more to what meets the eye , so they say .

What is art ?

That every human being is an artist at heart .

That legends do not see with the eye neither do they lack eyesight .

I've seen hope being the gleam of survival divulging great foresight .

I've seen ghosts wondering with us the living dead not knowing where to head .

I've seen newborns being granted their last beds right after they've just arrived .

Some acrimonious as they realise that their journey has just began .

Thousands have came .

Many lived .

Billions have passed .

Only a few will make it .

Some soon to arrive , I hope they don't .

For I believe they come from a better place .

What kind of sins they've done that they get sent straight to hell ?

Lutho Mdashe , from Cape Town .

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