we could imagine a world without rape or tears a world so at peace
we may imagine a world without greed or strife a world that’s at peace
we should imagine a world without guns and bombs a world so at peace
we might imagine a world without fear or lies a world that’s at peace
dare we imagine a world without religion that will bring us peace?
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beauty created
with every word we write
something new is born
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Asimbonanga
my friend across the ocean
until you are free
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completely different
kindly individual
the way we see things
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my heart’s wilderness
used to running free from ties
being pruned and tamed
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holding it safe
even when it comes apart
your accepted role
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wandering through words
straying amongst all the noise
the wings of silence
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bird songs and soft rain
my early-morning greetings
lovely Highveld gifts
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stones on the beach
so carefully assembled
ordered fantasy
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it’s wrapped and ribboned
it’s a greed that rules the world
wonder at what cost?
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hear the silence fly
in the mountains around us
through the cloudy sky
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sometimes I forget
that I’m waiting in the night
for my own stillness
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the secrets we keep
those that only we will share
amongst all others
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once open now locked
one cannot help but wonder
what went wrong and when
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Make-believe today
Magic of our tomorrows
Mysteries of our souls
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a circus with guns
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a ring with dangerous clowns
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the humour escapes
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I would understand
–
if it came in a bottle
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this far-off message
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oceans of greyness
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a land longing for sunshine
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four degrees and fog
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landscapes of the mind
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unfathomable beauty
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and complexity
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this morning’s feather
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glistening with bright dewdrops
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a beautiful thing
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you have grown on me
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you have made my days warmer
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after years of cold
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they sweep through our minds
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these molodies of the past
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wish that all could hear
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last night I just sat
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listening at the waves break
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wishing you were here
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we found the tether
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that binds our worlds as one
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out of brightest blue
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it seems forgotten
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that you spoke it out loud that
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you wished you were here
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you gave me your world
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but is is not yours to give
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I merely visit
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the oppressing heat
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of a Lowveld afternoon
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one can hardly breathe
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across the divide
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you reach to me with your eyes
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closing vast spaces
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now I bow my head
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in such deep-felt thankfulness
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and a private smile
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those open spaces
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with their eternal silence
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call out to my soul
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we stand on this shore
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separate yet together
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your outlook is mine
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Paternoster beach
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blue mussel shells glistening
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in the morning sun
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we knock and unlock
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we shelter each other’s thoughts
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just to close the gates
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with our autumn friends
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celebrate remaining years
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easy to let go
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revealed in ripeness
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the mechanism of time
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which no one escapes
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bubbles in my glass
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no regrets about the past
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future in free flight
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come to my garden
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where pink blossoms bloom at night
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kissed by the warm sun
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twirls and twists abound
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in the music of the night
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even when it’s still
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Haiku out of Africa 