Tribute to Siphe Ndimande
Brother,we can never express how we currently feel
Our tears may run out, but our hearts shall never heal
You understood all, brought joy where you could
But I guess you found yourself misunderstood
Throughout your life, bless all the friends that you gained
But even a smile can hide so much pain
Your healing smile, laughter resonating in our heads
But I guess your soul had to be put to bed
The lips can never say what the mind wishes to
All the memories, all you've been through
Our minds are in constant chaos,yet we remain speechless
You will forever be with us until the end
Because to us you were more than just a friend...
© Siyabonga Dlamini
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Grade 12
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Saturday, 9 January 2016
Reflection ~ Naadir Vorajee
As I stand here, in the nude
reflections from my unnamed mood
thoughts of pressures work I see
sprouting grey hairs from within me.
Wonder I, when I will be done
for many days are absent the sun...
Look myself, see thy face,
Those eyes and ears, that brain do I brace.
That brain that moans for fortunes taste
that makes me write... why I time waste?
I wonder what my stars behold
for sessions have I of fortunes been told...
I stand before 20 years a book
and ponder at the steps I took...
If, left were right and right were left,
To this point would I still get?
Why can't I look at myself
and see the happened in the now?
Choose my path and rechoose the route
to make the ideal reason of suite?
© Naadir Vorajee
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Matriculant 2013
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reflections from my unnamed mood
thoughts of pressures work I see
sprouting grey hairs from within me.
Wonder I, when I will be done
for many days are absent the sun...
Look myself, see thy face,
Those eyes and ears, that brain do I brace.
That brain that moans for fortunes taste
that makes me write... why I time waste?
I wonder what my stars behold
for sessions have I of fortunes been told...
I stand before 20 years a book
and ponder at the steps I took...
If, left were right and right were left,
To this point would I still get?
Why can't I look at myself
and see the happened in the now?
Choose my path and rechoose the route
to make the ideal reason of suite?
© Naadir Vorajee
***
Matriculant 2013
***
This is What We Are! ~ Naadir Vorajee
Run away and take my good,
your hopes and dreams you'll find...
Fly away and take what's mine!
Your Hopes and Dreams you'll bind...
You came to me with N O T H I N G
and sorry eyes I saw
You came to me with N O T H I N G
but true happiness I watered and bore.
I taught you what I knew
and showed what I'd learnt.
I held your heart inside my hand
but now you leave me b u r n t...
I helped you through your hardship
and made you build a fort
I asked for your help in return...
you told me - "life's too short!"
Now you stand there P-R-O-U-D and TALL,
your achievements you have grasped!
here I stand all old and small
without
the happiness I once clasped.
I needed help and looked to you...
You showed me to the door.
You needed help and looked to me,
I was only glad to give more.
Life's unfair, it's cold an cruel.
It makes you feed your own.
It takes the warmth from deep within us
It shivers us to the bone...
© Naadir Vorajee
***
Matriculant 2013
***
your hopes and dreams you'll find...
Fly away and take what's mine!
Your Hopes and Dreams you'll bind...
You came to me with N O T H I N G
and sorry eyes I saw
You came to me with N O T H I N G
but true happiness I watered and bore.
I taught you what I knew
and showed what I'd learnt.
I held your heart inside my hand
but now you leave me b u r n t...
I helped you through your hardship
and made you build a fort
I asked for your help in return...
you told me - "life's too short!"
Now you stand there P-R-O-U-D and TALL,
your achievements you have grasped!
here I stand all old and small
without
the happiness I once clasped.
I needed help and looked to you...
You showed me to the door.
You needed help and looked to me,
I was only glad to give more.
Life's unfair, it's cold an cruel.
It makes you feed your own.
It takes the warmth from deep within us
It shivers us to the bone...
© Naadir Vorajee
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Matriculant 2013
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Friday, 30 October 2015
God Where Are You? ~ Shweta Singh
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
O God,
It’s you who governs the whole world I hear
Do listen to my plea
My home beckons me
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
You guide back to sanity
Those who’ve lost their way
I too am completely lost
Guide me too, I Pray
Shall I worship you in Temples?
In Mosques do my faith I show
Or to a ‘Gurudwara’
Would you like me to go?
Temples and Churches,
I’ve looked everywhere
My hope now has turned to despair!
Not a single ritual did I ever flout
Like millions around the world
I submit without a doubt
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
You have many names and faces too
I’ve walked each of the myriad
Paths which lead to You
What else should I do
To find you give a clue
I blindly follow and
With reverence and treasure
Your every whim and fancy
In more than ample measure
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
How do I call out to you ?
Shall I talk to you
With hands clasped ?
Or on bent knees, head to the ground?
Do I wake you with temple bells?
Or call out on a loud speaker?
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
Understand my plight,
I am at breaking point,
I thought, you’d never abandon me
During this fight
As I walked along the shore
A single set of footprints I only saw.
The search for you all around
Had then come to end
Just as I realized,
Those single prints were
None other than Yours
Because through these weak times
You carry me, every single step
In your Perfect, Mighty Arms.
God here you are. O God, Here you’ll always be!
© Shweta Singh
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Grade 11
***
O God,
It’s you who governs the whole world I hear
Do listen to my plea
My home beckons me
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
You guide back to sanity
Those who’ve lost their way
I too am completely lost
Guide me too, I Pray
Shall I worship you in Temples?
In Mosques do my faith I show
Or to a ‘Gurudwara’
Would you like me to go?
Temples and Churches,
I’ve looked everywhere
My hope now has turned to despair!
Not a single ritual did I ever flout
Like millions around the world
I submit without a doubt
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
You have many names and faces too
I’ve walked each of the myriad
Paths which lead to You
What else should I do
To find you give a clue
I blindly follow and
With reverence and treasure
Your every whim and fancy
In more than ample measure
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
How do I call out to you ?
Shall I talk to you
With hands clasped ?
Or on bent knees, head to the ground?
Do I wake you with temple bells?
Or call out on a loud speaker?
God where are You? O God tell me, where are you!
Understand my plight,
I am at breaking point,
I thought, you’d never abandon me
During this fight
As I walked along the shore
A single set of footprints I only saw.
The search for you all around
Had then come to end
Just as I realized,
Those single prints were
None other than Yours
Because through these weak times
You carry me, every single step
In your Perfect, Mighty Arms.
God here you are. O God, Here you’ll always be!
© Shweta Singh
***
Grade 11
***
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Empty ~ Nishka Ramkhelawan
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| Source Unknown |
I am empty without you .
I am a vacuum
that will always generate
an overpowering feeling
of purposelessness.
I am still
the silence is like a predator
preying on every last
bit of my existence.
I reach out for your help
yet I soon realize that
I am screaming into
shattered eardrums.
I am drowning in slow motion
only to be resurrected
to drown yet again.
© Nishka Ramkhelawan
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Grade 11
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