Our special guest writer for today's poem is Thifhelimbilu Seaga, a student at the University of Mpumalanga, Mbombela Campus. We thank Thifhelimbilu for this contribution to our poetry pages, and hope you enjoy his composition.
THIFHELIMBILU SEAGA
The Mind of Colour
Mitosis
Cancer something good gone bad
Starts out alone only to become two
Progression gone wrong
Too late to turn back now
After the case of the forbidden
A system gone wrong
Betrayal its first instincts
Though acted upon by impulse
As it consumes all that surrounds it
The actions of a single
Cell, thought, breath, throb
Once thought harmless only to end in silence
King’s Doctrine
Look upon my works ye mighty
My works great like Ozymendious
My throne anointed like David
Conquering like Alexander the great.
Kneel before him
The title his from birth like Simba
His queen like Ruth
A path alone of his own creation
Jesus Christ
Favoured by the world is his name
Only for the power to corrode him
Time his friend only to take what’s his
His achievements still stand tall
*only those blessed by hand can eat the bread
Consistency
Hard to find she is
She is always with us
Many of us are wedded to her
Addiction is her middle name
We fail to have her in important things
To get her set in our goals
And have her in empty things
She is the root of successful man
Those that find her well collect
Riches and find joy in what they do
We all need to hold on to her
For she is the spark to our greatness
All we need is to withstand the heat
When we light her
Titled the Human Animal
My focus is that of an eagle
My view is that of the sky
My walk that of a chameleon
My wisdom is that of an elephant
My smart that of a rabbit
My death a mummy
My words sweet as honey
My looks beautiful as a butterfly
My fragrance that of flowers
My speed of a cheater
My pride of a lion
My friend a pack like wolfs
A crazy lifelike the laugh of hyenas
My reach long as a giraffe’s neck
Blade
Sharp as a tongue
Piercing as a needle
An acupuncture of emotions
Separates just as much as it gives hope
A melody of perfect harmony
A companion of action or an enemy
A witch of highest degree
Trust results not on its sound
Evil Mind
Passionate of a disease
Ill of mind
Corrupt to the soul
Why are you worth it?
Questioner of your own life
Disorganised is your life
Disaster your recipe
Come in twos
Love a justification of false
A lie of no regrets
A misfortune of misconducts
Disconnected, unplugged, severed it is
‘Distorted’
Impaled in the heart
To reap what you sow
Soul Prison
Bound to flesh
Succumb to the Seven enemies of men
A contest of emotions
Eyes the only window to the soul
Born of dust
Infatuated by the world outside
Accede to none but its own will
Guided by the pages of
The book of life
Death the only salvation
Addicted to sin
It reincarnates only to repeat the cycle
Memory lost in transition
A different man every time.
Used with kind permission of the Author.
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