Poem by Mpho Godfrey Ramoshaba
(Poem about true life)
Out of the things that I have been through
I should understand and care for less
No matter how life turned to be,
I should understand and care for less
No matter how life robbed me so many opportunities,
I should understand and care for less
So many bad things happened in my life
I should understand and care for less
I am soul angel from heaven
I should understand this and care for less
I am here today, tomorrow I am not
I should understand and care for less
What I tell, what I write, is what my mind is grasped
It is special gift from heaven to convey here
The heaven grant me this to write and to tell
To write and to tell,
Things that sometimes I foresee happen
Happen through the eyes of the heaven
I should understand this special gift and care for less
Lo! I am soul angel from heaven
I am God-given-gift from heaven
I am here today, tomorrow I am not,
Today I write my story, tomorrow I quit
I belong to the good family in heaven
I belong to the peace nation in heaven
No matter the suffering I went or go through
I should understand and care for less
No matter how many people wrong me and treat me bad
I should understand and care for less
No matter I am rich in mind and poor in life
I should understand and care for less
I am here today by own flesh and tomorrow I am no longer more
I should understand this and care for less
I belong to the good family in heaven
I belong to the peace nation in heaven
I am soul angel from heaven
I went through so many difficult trials in life
I passed through so many obstacles in life
I should understand and care for less
Sometimes I am mis-placed in public for bad things,
Although I am good person
The good person I am, really?
I should understand and care for less
I am regarded as criminal, bad person and prickle in the community
I should understand and care for less
I am soul angel from heaven
I should understand this and care for less
I am here today, tomorrow I am not
I should understand and care for less
What I tell, what I write, is what my mind grasped
I belong to the good family in heaven
I belong to the peace nation in heaven
Suppose “they” cry when I and my sorrow are dust,
I shall ask heaven to send its prayers to heal “their” broken hearts
And wipe “their” tears
Heaven shall be my everlasting home to stay forever
I shall stay there and live contended life with good family around me
I shall leave this hard-hitting place and “they” shall live and stay behind
In remembrance of what “the son of man” had said,
Written and found in the scriptures of Holy Temple Book
Life shall proceed and shall be sitting next to Him
And watching them thousand miles away
As I ink now and utter these,
I should understand this and care for less for what shall happen I the future
Future is not in today
Future is not in tomorrow
Future is in the time being when the time comes
AMEN!!!
