Smile

Smile. It is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.

-Gracia Kapenda

The Sad Sheep

How did the sheep feel when Bo Peep lost them?
Baaaa-aaaaad.
Real baaa-aaaaaad.

-Joe Kapenda

Everything Is Nothing

Wherever I go

I hear cries

Every way

that I pass through

I hear cries.

I went to America, where

I thought it was a better place

but I couldn't stand the tears of people

I was in France, where

I could think it was a little better

but it was like going through people's watery eyes

They cried for everything

you see

some with big beautiful cars

but you'll hear them say,

"I want two more cars."

Women with two girls or boys,

but you will hear voices that say,

"One boy and one girl is better."

People have honors but they want a Ph.D.

Everything that you ask for is nothing.

Whatever money you have will be gone in a split second.

What everyone has in a split second will be gone.

EVERYTHING IS NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!!!

-Ciza Sylvane

Alone

So alone and cold

No one to take care of me

I have no home,

but the street is my home

Each morning I rise,

and the temptation will follow me

Questions will appear

out of nowhere

Must I go to the traffic lights

and beg

Or must I take my knife

and commit a small crime?

Each night I wonder

what I'll eat in the morning

Where will I sleep?

Will I wake up?

Are the police going to find me

and arrest me?

Or will I stay the same street kid that I am

with no hope of a proper life?

-Elethu Nkala

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