There was once a time when people cried in
unison
Disunion
There was once a time when they were told,
“Voetsek van my jaard!”
Ao tle,
Botloko yana?
Lefatsheng la mma?
Thina be sithi so dla sonke
Na bo Van Riebeeck
Bonke
There was once a time when fires ruled
evening luminance
Disillusion
I have heard of a time when men were men
and fathered sons
I have heard of a time when the others
were evicted
Restricted
A time when a march became a dance
feet shaking that which ground them
Knees warming chests
one defiant stomp at a time
When die groot wit man
was warned about the strong black man
by the rock solid Afrikan woman
I know of a time when stages were reserved
for struggle stalwarts
Allow me to name drop
Oliver Reginald Tambo
accompanied by Thabo Mbeki
meeting with Mikael Gorbachev
leader of the USSR
in 1986
to discuss arming the struggle
“You see chief,
at the time we felt we were left with no
option
We had to make the oppressor
and all those who supported his apartheid
aware of the severity of our plight
which was…..
Freedom.”
Thabiso
Nkoana©2006
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