Tomorrow By Chris Mlalazi

"Tomorrow"

We want to live...

In a tomorrow;

Where our past

Can be looked at with pride,

And not the shame

Of rotting corpses behind bushes,

Raped mothers,

traumatized orphans

and brothers and sisters

skedaddling all over the world in terror

Of an uncertain future.

Article type: Poem

Title: "Tomorrow"

Bio: "Tomorrow" is a poem written by Christopher Mlalazi an award winning Zimbabwean author now making a mark world over. He has penned such respectable pieces of literature such as "Running With Mother". 

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Taste in Music

I have such a good taste in music...

Every time my thoughts speak

My tongue spits lyrics!!!

Sometimes my heart sings -

To  its beats' instrumental

But this song pumps through without vocals,

But this song plays in my head so its mental

But this song carries me on, 

So now I call it "Special"

Like life -

Like my love life's right

It's life - like so in turn I love life

When the melody is produced by notes struck right!!!

Fluid rhythms from a  set piece

Brass and strings

Percussion and woodwind

Harmonies,

Harmoniously produced in harmony,

By harmonicas

Played by the brunette from across the street Lisa Monica

Hello

Flutes sound so mellow

Bright days and daisies yellow

Reminders and real tests of mettle

As hard as a bow on a cello

While you go high on my poems like stilettos

Painting Bulawayo with words from burbs to the ghetto

Charming pieces of music in me

Possessing elements of Mozart earnestly

My palms are annotated with notations

Of half notes and sixteen quotes

That's why I communicate my passion

Through all these blogger posts:

Music is the race

So I play the sport

Music is the race, 

So I carry the torch

Capitalist Perspective...

Who am I?

Just another victim of the system

Swallowed by corporate greed...

Fulfilling the objectives of the capitalists

With capital interests to financially succeed

To bring down your dignity to a proprietors creed

Never seeing the trouble progression is the blinded need

With haste, the system puts you in production line

Increase your pace, increase your speed

Blood and sweat, if you cant keep up

There is the door for you to leave

"In Gold We Trust" 

A thousand civilians

To their pockets

I am a financial villain

First Rains

Last night the first rains fell ...

Last night, 

God's Grace I felt 

The manifestation of a new hope... 

Along with the promise of a fruitful season.

I watched as the first rains fell last night:

I watched in the dark as the dry earth cried tears ...

Beautiful tears, that brought back life.

As each droplet fell from the open sky, 

As each droplet of faith percolated into the ground... 

Last night, 

I watched as the first rains fell.

Gentle Breeze

Gentle breeze:

Whispering winds;

Tamed gales..

Take me,

Ferry me,

I have spread my wings

To your nature;

My discordant voice sings

To an Island  -

Take me away;

And place me to a piece of land,

Isolated by water,

Take me away;

And place me in a fort of solitude;

Surrounded by memories of Edward and Clarisse;

That cast a smile on my face;

And masks my tears ...

Take me away;

Oh, gentle breeze!!!

To my fort...

Where I draw strength from the beauty of words;

Where my might lies in scribbling scrolls of thoughts

At my experiences costs

Speaking of all those losses that transform me to a formidable force

And impart beliefs I shan't divorce

 In metaphoric courts

Take me away;

You tamed gales

To an island:

Scaled gray -

Shaded in black and white

With waves of water kissing the shores

Gently caressing the soles

Of my feet

My legs immersed in the mud

An emblem of my troubles

Erased by bodies of water that nibble the earth and pull back

Take me to an island

Where a former love

Makes merry with a little child

Take me to an island,

So that when I get there

I will spread my hands out

And arm the caption with a smile

Basking in God's Grace -

And leave a trail of happiness

Take flight in shades;

And keep time on my wrist;

Ask a companion to freeze this moment,

Capture it on a picture and own it.

A Verse For Harvest

A verse for harvest

 A reason to praise...

 Fruits of an academic voyage 
Against the odds of economic bondage

 All in His name
 Thanks all due
 Faith in Him as promises delivered as true

 A verse for harvest
 A season to change 

To learn to thank God for all strength
Counting life’s blessings 
Harvest celebration


 A verse for harvest 
Believing and faith 
The chance to give back

 Watch as my seed grows
 I am fruitful as my bowl has fruits full
 And multiply my blessings through the multiplication of seeds
 Such as prayer and faith, song and health
Sowing into the ground as waters of hard work continue flowing

 When the grass is green, lash 
And the granary is filled to the bream 
When the ground I tread on is fertile
 And rainfall and sunshine come in adequate amounts 
When the seeds have been planted 
And the harvest is safeguarded
 I will sing a verse for harvest

 I sing it now, I sing it forever more 

A verse for harvest