Called to heal! - Ubizo Luviwe Bhomela!

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 Motherwell

A black mother to black sistas and brothas
Feeding lost souls comforting broken hearts,
Souls shaken and broken,
I by your wrinkles attracted
You look like you are heart broken, soul shaken,
Your children by AIDS definitely taken.
I saw rain falling on rich soils but your children are poverty stricken
Figure belts are a fashion statement in a society where hunger blows blunts in court
Caught between flesh and a nail
Chronic illed by the chemicals we inhale
Our judgement clouded by the dimes when we get paid
Fathers get paid
Alcohol the first aid to chemicals they inhaled

Mothers kitchen clean, pots jive and salivate for rainbow chicken
Taverns dance to the coin beats and high “notes”
Papas in their fifties fill up tables,
ground empties,
A period for aunties to cash in and papa gets laid
Cash got flushed on booze and “nunu”
Kids drown their hopes in tears
Moms cushion them with chest hugs against fears
Toughies narrate the family tale

A black mother to black sistas and brothas feeding lost souls comforting broken hearts, souls shaken and broken, I by your wrinkles attracted
You look like you are heart broken soul shaken, your children by AIDS definitely taken.
I followed your footpaths my eyes witnessing your footprints, eardrums absorbing the songs of Abantu delìverin messages to abantu, I was touched by poetic voices of Nkqo eli khaya Lelethu, Abantu giving birth to angels but ooNontsundu have fallen victims to BEE brothers the teenage vultures, ur children keep on rising like the flames of Dangatye but motherwell to me you do not look well
I saw rain falling on rich soils kodwa iintsana zakho zithyala iinteshe zingamaxhegwana, ndive kakuhle mlisa wakuthi ayingomaxhegwana ziimveku, yimiphunzwana bakrancu-krancu, babulawa yiqhilika nendlala.
Motherwell thetha nam ndimamele kula magingxi-gingxi yiza nalo mthwalo ndikufunqulise xa usiwa kunzima ukuvuka ndikuphakamise,
Xa kunzima ukunyuka emmangweni ndikuqabelise,
Kumaqhwa neenkqwithela ndikufudumeze ndikwambeze,
Motherwell andisawazi owam umlandu ndikhombise, ndiyagula ndingumlwelwe kumaphupha am amachiza ndibonise,
Motherwell imo yentlalo kuwe ngathi inkene-nkene ndixhwalekile eli lizwe lindinkalile ndiyi ntlini-ntlini yentleke-ntleke yentlaka,
Motherwell ngalo mbongo ndihlanganisa uSiba noncwadi ndisithi Khululekani, lo mbongo sitshixo nesarha kuwatyathanga anikhonkxileyo ugqogqa iindlebe ezinemiphula Mamelani

By: Ubizo Luviwe Ntsibazencanda Bhomela



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