Wolemba Tshepo Phokoje, World BEYOND War, October 21, 2020

Mantha

O, kupezeka kwanu kukulepheretsa, nkhondo zingapo zamaganizidwe zomwe mwapambana.
Msuwani wanu woyipa akukayika, akulengeza mwachimwemwe kuti mwafika, koma ndani wakuitanani kuno?

Mumalowetsa m'nyumba ndi m'mitundu mofanana; mizu yanu yakumba mozama mu miyoyo yosalakwa.
Kodi anthu athu apirira mpaka liti zipatso zanu zowawa?
Ndinu ozizira kumbuyo kwa mapazi a mkwatibwi, zomwe zimamupangitsa kuti athawe

Pochita mantha ndi tsogolo lopanda nthawi yokasangalala.
Mukudziwa kuti adasiya bambo ali ndi chibwibwi choswedwa ndikuphwanya maloto?
Mudayimirira pomwepo mukuwona maloto ena akusandulika mlengalenga Pamene mukuwombera mopanda manyazi, ndikupanga kupambana kwanu. Munalowa mwakachetechete pabwalo la Timbuktu wanga, m'maganizo a mwana wake
Anam'chotsa pantchito yochepa, koma zomwe amangoona ndi inu, osisintha ngati mathero
Inu munamuwuza iye kuti anali atachitidwa, za momwe iye analiri wopanda pake
Ndipo adamupeza atapachikidwa pamtengo wa khumbi la amayi ake
Ndi kope lake lokonda kwambiri atamumanga pakhosi lake laling'ono.
Mukadakhala mtundu, mukadakhala mthunzi woyipa wa imvi, wonyezimira wakuda kuti musonyeze kuwala
Pamene muvala chovala chanu chodzikongoletsa chodzazidwa ndi zisonga zaminga ndi minga
Mumayenda mozungulira mutanyamula bokosi lodzaza ndi masamba mukamawononga mnofu polowa kapena potuluka
Kusasangalala komwe muli, kugunda kwamtima, mitengo ya kanjedza thukuta ndi pakamwa pouma ngati Kalahari

Kuzimitsa pambuyo pake, mukayamwa kuwala kwa mzimu woyaka.
Wokonda nsanje amamenya mkazi wake mpaka kufuna kuti achoke, chikondi chinamwalira, amafuna kutuluka.
Munamunong'oneza kuti, "
Mwamuna wina adzakhudza khungu lake losakhwima, nampsompsona milomo yomwe mudapsompsona, idyani mbale yomwe mudadyamo "ndipo adakukhulupirirani.
Ngati sakanakhala naye, palibe wina akanatero, magazi ake m'manja, ataphulika pa malaya ake oyera, kansalu kowawa ndikumva chisoni, koma anali atachedwa.
Adzakhala moyo wonse akuthawa, kuzichokera kwa iyemwini.

Tshepo Phokoje ndi wolemba ndakatulo, wolemba, komanso womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe wochokera ku Botswana.