Na Tshepo Phokoje, World BEYOND War,ʻOkakopa 21, 2020

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Auē, kou helehelena e lōlō ana, kēlā mau kaua noʻonoʻo he nui āu i lanakila ai.
Ke kānalua nei kou hoahānau ʻino, ke hoʻohiwahiwa nei i kou hiki ʻana, akā na wai ʻoe i kono iā ʻoe ma aneʻi?

Hoʻokomo ʻoe i nā homesteads a me nā lāhui like ʻole; Ua ʻeli hohonu kou aʻa i loko o nā ʻuhane hala ʻole.
Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana o kā mākou poʻe i kāu mau hua ʻawaʻawa?
ʻO ʻoe ke anuanu hau ma hope o nā wāwae o ka wahine mare, e hoʻoʻauheʻe iā ia i ka hoʻololi

Makaʻu i kahi wā e hiki mai ana me ka ʻaʻohe nā mahina meli i wānana ʻia.
ʻIke ʻoe ua haʻalele ʻo ia ma hope o kahi kāne me ka ʻulupā a me nā moemoeā haʻihaʻi?
Ua kū ʻoe ma laila e nānā ana i kahi moʻo o nā moemoeā e pīpī nei i ka lewa I kou hoʻohilahila ʻole ʻana i kou minoʻaka niho ʻole, e hana ana i kāu hulahula lanakila. Ua kolo mālie ʻoe i loko o ka pā o koʻu Timbuktu, i ka manaʻo o kāna keiki
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai kahi hanaʻuʻuku, akā ʻo ka mea wale nō āna e ʻike ai ʻo ʻoe ia, a hōʻano ʻia e like me ka hopena
Ua haʻi ʻoe iā ia ua hana ʻia ʻo ia no, e pili ana i kona waiwai ʻole
A ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e kau ana i nā lāʻau o ka hale o kona makuahine
Me kāna doek punahele i nakinaki ʻia i kāna ʻāʻī ʻōpio.
Inā he kala ʻoe, he ʻano ʻino ʻoe o ka hina, aniani ʻeleʻele no ka pā lilelile
I kou ʻaʻahu ʻana i kou koloka haʻaheo i kāhiko ʻia me nā kui a me nā ʻālia
Hele wāwae ʻoe i ka halihali ʻana i kahi pahu piha i nā pahi i ka wā e luku ai i ka ʻiʻo i kou ala i loko a i waho
ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu āu, e kuʻi ana ka puʻuwai, nā palima sweaty a me kahi waha e maloʻo e like me ka Kalahari

He ʻeleʻele ma hope, ma hope o kou omo ʻana i ke kukui mai kahi ʻuhane ahi.
Ua kuʻi kahi ipo lili i kāna wahine i ka pulp no ka makemake e haʻalele, ua make ke aloha, ua makemake ʻo ia i waho.
Ua hāwanawana ʻoe iā ia,
E hoʻopā kekahi kāne i kona ʻili lahilahi, honi i nā lehelehe āu i honi ai, e ʻai ai mai ka pā like āu i ʻai ai »a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia iā ʻoe.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa iā ia, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, kona koko ma kona mau lima, e pīpī i kona pālule keʻokeʻo, kahi ʻeha o ka ʻeha a me ka minamina, akā ua lohi loa.
E hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ke koena o ke ola holo, mai iā ia iho.

ʻO Tshepo Phokoje kahi haku mele, mea kākau, a me nā mea kuleana kanaka mai Botswana.