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The sunrise declares yet another day.
Birds' songs break through the silent dawn.
Crowds scatter across the lonely streets.
A conversation pulses: burdens that need be borne,
Dreams denounced by impossibility,
Promises whispered by the near future...
While History drowns in oblivion.
© Nsiki Gwala
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Grade 10
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