TEBOHO PIETERSEN

They have always had ideas and always had ambition   They have always used other people and this year was not going to be any different  It was going to be the same year  Even though they proclaimed their desire to do something new  Their day to day living would always remain the same  Their ideas were not allowed to be challenged  They preached it but could not live it The only person they would hear was a preacher, a teacher  They couldn’t hear their own senses  They didn’t know fact from idea  Didn’t care to know either  If they had their businesses  Their strategies  Their policies  Their laws  It would be the same year  If they had their goals  Their values and morals  Their notes from a Sunday service  Their bibles  It would be the same year  If they had their memories  Their families  Their daily routines  Their prayers  It would be the same year  They had ...

  I have already looked at your face  I’m still so immature   So silly  I’m sorry  I stared at you  I seeked you out  Hoping you would look  And you did  You smiled  I did not expect that  I wanted to recognise you  I wanted to put context, become familiar  I wanted to know you  I was not supposed to know you  Was not supposed to remember you  It’s not possible to know such beauty  It’s not to be known Or used  Or captured  How dare you suggest to know it  To capture it  Dare to only see me with your eyes  Note to pollute it with your mind  Make the unknown known  What a pity  Cause you looked so marvelous  Such beauty  And you smiled, you old jackal  Showed off your teeth  Your strength  Your honesty Allowed me to see the facts if I so wished  If I was quick  You old jack  I always will remember to forget that face that smi...