The Imitation

I woke up one morning

I looked around my room

Everything was a blur

I shielded my eyes from the light

and kept walking

I stopped

and caught my imitation passing

The big lips

The big head

The shy eyes

I tried screaming

but I swallowed my words

He imitated everything I did

I talked

he talked

I looked bemused

he looked bemused

I rubbed my eyes

he rubbed his eyes

I splashed my face with water

and looked up

Only to find my reflection in the mirror

looking at me

smiling

-Elethu Nkala

Home

I was built with cement
and painted
in different colours
which is an idea of the owners
So I have to be always dry

to follow their orders

I forgot to tell you

that my surname is ME.
YOU!
NO not me, ME
I was talking about the home
But first I have to do my homework
It's about to keep my creatures safe

My home
It was shown
to me

when I was a child
and I smiled
because I had a place called home

Did you know that my YAHOO password is HO!
I chose it because it was hard to forget
Like something that I can keep safe to a pocket

Do you have an answer

for where the name HOME came from?
Well, here is an answer:
Just add my password and my surname
Then you will find a place.

-Lloyd Hanjana

When You Said Our Love Must End

When you said our love must end
My body turned to red
And I am scared
Because if I'll lose you
I will be mad

You said our love will end
My plans of what we will do together end
And life that we should spend
I can't just sit and pretend
that the part of our life we spent
Is enough
We haven't spent a rand

we just spent a cent
of our whole life

I am not a perfect man
But I am not supporting that as a fan
Maybe I MUST GET AN AWARD
for being a coward

I said, "I love you"
because when I am with you
I feel comfortable

because you clear things
Like a sky which is blue

Please give me a clue
of what to do

I am confused?!!

-Lloyd Hanjana