POEMS

I had the honored to meet some amazing people at the Molo Songololo children rights organization while in Capetown on tour with Kylie Mingoue. It was our last stop of the 7 month world tour. A couple of us meet with 2 young ladies from the group and listen to their stories that brought inspiration, tears, and hope all at the same time.
Charmaine Smith one of the head directors of the organization was kind enough to email me some of the poems that the girls wrote at one of their workshop. I will like to share with the world 4 poems I hope you will enjoy it .
Namaste


Impact

Life is a journey. A journey with high-fields, low-fields, darkness and forest. In other words it is a gift
that impact ones dreams of being successful in life one day. Impact makes impact on peoples’ lives,
decision and life-long roles. It does not matter where you come from. What matters is where you
are going with the same impact in you. You can go anywhere in life. Yesterday is not the same as
today and tomorrow will never be the same. So every day is different. Have an impact in life. Have
gratitude, because in life you reap what you sow. Impact you and others and our world will be the
better place.


Teenagers

What did we do as teenagers to deserve this?

What we get - is it because we’re teenagers?

But we should be treated equally.

Teenagers don’t let your light turn to darkness.

Don’t let your smile turn to a frown.

So hold on to your beauty.

Be strong so that nothing can destroy your peace of mind.

Work so hard that the whole world is on your side –

Not in loud words but in great deeds.



A Dream

By Nozuko Lebaka

A dream is like a vision.

Sort of television.

A dream like only inspire the dreamer.

A dream never dies, its only the dreamer who dies.

A dream is something that one holds onto.

It is the thing that you live for.

You give all your life to it.

You have to hold onto it.

Because it is what you want to achieve in life.

If you want to achieve your dreams,

You must be an early bird, because early birds they know which time to wake up.

I once heard that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step.

Start dreaming now and work towards that dream,

Because.. a dream never dies, only the dreamer who dies.

Grade 10 Leiden High School, Delft, Cape Town, South Africa



Life

By Nozuko Lebaka

Life is a journey,

A journey with highs, low-fields, darkness and forests.

So dark that you don’t even see the bright sight of it.

It is the gift given to everyone

to live it in the very best of his or her ability.

Believing in his or herself because there is no other life ,

so you must live it at your best.

Life is a mountain so high, not easy to be climbed.

But there is nothing impossible.

The attitude of anything is possible.

It takes somebody miles away in life.

Life is not about what you give,

because what you give is also what you gonna get.

So give love and you gonna get love, not hatred.

God blessed us with Life.

A wonderful journey of a person.

An image that can never be forgotten.

That’s how one should live his or her life.

A person has got one life,

So live it the very best you can.

Grade 10 Leiden High School, Delft, Cape Town, South Africa