Natural Initiation
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Natural Initiation
While other
would-be men
trudge the bushes
of the mountain top
to be circumsized and
advised
by their elders
who know the thorny
road of life
you
woman
circumsized me
with the bitter
sweet taste of my blood
drawing images
on our love bed
words whispered
shining
with compassion
into my ears
sinking in my heart
deeper than
the monotonous verse
of the initiator
so when I walked again
where my feet walked
many years gone by
I could feel you
and I was born again
crowing of cocks
bleating of sheep
bellowing of bulls
birds singing on trees
when the sky’s tears
began to fall
thinking
alone in my room
searching deep
joyful memories
came to haunt me
my rooted past
I saw you coming
real
only fate setting us apart
I resisted an ocean
welling in my eyes
We Jive Like This
We jive like this
we jive like this
like foetus dancing inside the womb
in haste to scrutinise the world
we jive like this
we jive like this
like babies lullabyed by screams of martyrs
silenced by furious fangs of freedom’s satires
we jive like this
we jive like this
like the youth burning with desire of wisdom
denied by the bully bullet’s beats of boredom
we jive like this
we jive like this
like workers trampling on the master’s religion
of divide and rule’s tampering mission
we jive like this
we jive like this
like god’s followers dancing to the drumming whip
for sins sown but never reaped
we jive like this
we jive like this
like soldiers with rifles & flowers raised to the sky
when marching to ecstasies of twisted victory
we jive like this
we jive like this
like lion and tiger embracing each other
forced to forge a painful togetherness
we jive like this
we jive like this
like sangomas around clouds of incense
in a trance to foretell a future that isn’t only roses
we jive like this
we jive like this
we jive like this
not like that
While other
would-be men
trudge the bushes
of the mountain top
to be circumsized and
advised
by their elders
who know the thorny
road of life
you
woman
circumsized me
with the bitter
sweet taste of my blood
drawing images
on our love bed
words whispered
shining
with compassion
into my ears
sinking in my heart
deeper than
the monotonous verse
of the initiator
so when I walked again
where my feet walked
many years gone by
I could feel you
and I was born again
crowing of cocks
bleating of sheep
bellowing of bulls
birds singing on trees
when the sky’s tears
began to fall
thinking
alone in my room
searching deep
joyful memories
came to haunt me
my rooted past
I saw you coming
real
only fate setting us apart
I resisted an ocean
welling in my eyes
We Jive Like This
We jive like this
we jive like this
like foetus dancing inside the womb
in haste to scrutinise the world
we jive like this
we jive like this
like babies lullabyed by screams of martyrs
silenced by furious fangs of freedom’s satires
we jive like this
we jive like this
like the youth burning with desire of wisdom
denied by the bully bullet’s beats of boredom
we jive like this
we jive like this
like workers trampling on the master’s religion
of divide and rule’s tampering mission
we jive like this
we jive like this
like god’s followers dancing to the drumming whip
for sins sown but never reaped
we jive like this
we jive like this
like soldiers with rifles & flowers raised to the sky
when marching to ecstasies of twisted victory
we jive like this
we jive like this
like lion and tiger embracing each other
forced to forge a painful togetherness
we jive like this
we jive like this
like sangomas around clouds of incense
in a trance to foretell a future that isn’t only roses
we jive like this
we jive like this
we jive like this
not like that
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