Born black brave and beautiful
Beast of color
Crowned Black panther
Member of the African kingdom
Fierce, fearless and fabulous
black on both body and race
Full of wisdom and grace
Not forgetting wild by nature
Now feared by any
Denonized by many
Some love… Some semi
Others Worship
In true censorship
Destined for greatness
Till Darkness accomodated itself in the absorption of black
Death granted yet another lost love
Bound beauty
Missing Mathosa
Remains in black plastic
A black piki tub
Going to a black hole
Gone
His skin was to stand out in gold clothes
Her hair was supposed to have a gold crown
Now she disappears silently in dark corners
Buried in the darkest holes is this diamond
leashed lion
His skin has been accompanied by rusted chains
The black puppet maneuvered by a foreign ventriloquist lacking melanin
Dressed in paper together with poverty
Lost essence of the African heart of old
She runs tirelessly
Slaves selflessly
In the depth of rock bottom
Kissing the ventriloquist’s baby’s bottom
She heard her name.
Power calling!!
She loved the perky peaches that stood in front of her with grey eyes rosy cheeks
The black box in her hands
Still tells the story
He is grown now
Too old to fool around
He’s building a school this time around
They need to preserve their worth
They need to know their path
Reclaiming land, identity, worth and beyond… Everything
Somnyama




- Image by Mbali Vezi
