Dream

In dream you can fly forever
And never miss a turn,
In dream you can spread your wings
And know where to turn.

Dream sunrise, dream sunset, dream together.
Dream you, dream me, dream each other.

In dream the world is clear forever
And there’s no return.
In dream you can love forever
And there’s no return.

Dream power,
Dream reality,
Dream together. (there’s no return)

In dream you can fly forever
And never miss a turn,
In dream you can spread your wings
And know where to turn.
dream dream dream

By Joshua Rajulla

somebody's heart..............

I held her close to me
Coz I know she breaks so easily
And then I told her
But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
she just do the best she could
But there are times the best is no damn good
And no matter how you try to be kind
There's always still a part of you you'll leave behind
When it falls apart
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart.

I lied and told her she'll be fine
Though we both knew it was just a line
I had to do it
Coz I had said anything to help me get through it.
And she reached out for my hand
And her simple touch was more than I could stand
And I had to turn away coz I knew
All the hurt that she was feeling, I was feeling too
Cause when it falls apart
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart.

She could've gotten angry
And made me feel like a guilty child
But I realized that never was her style
I wanted her to hurt me
And not treat me like a friend
I wanted her to say "there'd be someday
I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her back again"
But she acted like a lady till the end
Oh, what a lady!

I thought that she'd break down
But she smiled at me and never made a sound
And I guess she understood in her way
Coz her silence told me everything she could not say
When it falls apart
Well, there's just no easy way
There's just no easy way
There's no easy way to break

numerous

In copious uniform designs
The clumsy pupils crammed the streets for lunch
Most in threadbare shorts and button less shirts
whatever happened to standards …
Vehicles moving swift
But the kids need to be on the other side of the thoroughfare
So this tottering guy in creased suit offers help
Alleged to be the ‘Mathematics tutor’
I presume he could give me the mean average of the mushroom schools in my area
Gravely the council should slam down some learning institutions in our slums
On Sunday…
This isn’t Sabbath no more…guys do work.
JESUS WALKS MIRACLE CHURCH, HEAVEN HAS A GETTOH CHRIST CENTRE
with earsplitting sound amplifiers , Sermon full of ‘ Bwana asifiwe’
The expanse between these houses of worship is revolting
No protocol to being a minister …provided you’ve got ONE MIC and a bible
You are good to go…knock yourself out!
Coming across an artiste …
a Musician…a performer …
An experience it was
Not until everyone, everywhere became one
Passing by a celebrity … not news…no issue
Having access to music labs is not a certification
TALENT is
sick and tired of noise in the airwaves
The figure is growing …and growing…and
Can someone please impede this !!!!!!
Mr. Headmaster…Mchungaji … Msanii.

Dis Poem by Mutabaruka

DIS POEM

shall speak of the wretched sea
that washed ships to these shores
of mothers cryin for their young
swallowed up by the sea
dis poem shall say nothin new
dis poem shall speak of time
time unlimited time undefined
dis poem shall call names
names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah
hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey
haile selassie
dis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism
the klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta
jim jones
dis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world
3rd world division man made decision
dis poem is like all the rest
dis poem will not be amongst great literary works
will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts
will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion
dis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire
blazin for freedom
yes dis poem is a drum
ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors
uhuru uhuru
uhuru namibia
uhuru soweto
uhuru afrika
dis poem will not change things
dis poem need to be changed
dis poem is a rebirth of a peopl
arizin awaking understandin
dis poem speak is speakin have spoken
dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin
dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time forever
dis poem is time only time will tell
dis poem is still not written
dis poem has no poet
dis poem is just a part of the story
his-story her-story our-story the story still untold
dis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin
makin u want to stop it
but dis poem will not stop
dis poem is long cannot be short
dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed
the story is still not told about dis poem
dis poem is old new
dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book
playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest
the c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files
dis poem is no secret
dis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless
dis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem
dis poem is messin up your brains
makin u want to stop listenin to dis poem
but u shall not stop listenin to dis poem
u need to know what will be said next in dis poem
dis poem shall disappoint u
because
dis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind
in your mind your mind