Wolemba Nathaniel Smith, Marichi 4, 2024
Kusinthidwa 3/19/03
M'chipinda chokhala ndi mvula padenga lamatabwa
timadikirira kuti kuwombera kuyambike
si ana athu omwe anyamula zida
kapena ana athu omwe adzanyamula zida pa iwo
Munthu amene wagwira chala chake pa chowombera
akukonzekera mizinga yake madzulo ano
akunola m'mphepete mwa mapiko a oponya mabomba ake
kubweretsa abwenzi ake ku chidendene m'dzanja la dzanja lake
Kwinakwake anthu akunyamula ma buldozer kunyumba
adatsimikiziridwa kuti ali otetezeka koma mkazi
pakati pawo dzulo kugwada kunali bulldoze
kuphwanyidwa pamchenga ndi munthu amene ali ndi dzanja pagudumu
Padenga lathu lopyapyala pamamveka mabingu kapena ndege
mvula ikugunda simatiuza kuti ndi chiyani
iwo akhoza kukhala akumveka kuchokera m'manja mwa milungu
kapena kuchokera kwa amuna omwe ali ndi zala zawo pa mabomba
Anyamata angapo ang'onoang'ono amatambasula nsapato zawo pamchenga
zidole zawo zonyezimira zimanyezimira padzuwa lomwe lili pamwamba pamenepo
moyandikirana wina ndi mzake m'misewu yakale iwo akugwedeza
kumene posachedwapa adzakumana mu fumbi la mbandakucha
Ena amayesa kuletsa oponya mabombawo ndi matupi awo
kuti adziwe ngati mwamunayo ali ndi mikono yayikulu kwambiri m'manja mwake
adzawagwetsera m'chigwa chosema mumchenga
kuchulukirachulukira pa ena omwe adabedwa kale
Kupyolera mu denga lathu mu ma siren amvula amamveka
apolisi akuthamangitsa kapena ma ambulansi akuthamanga
ma siren akutali adzamveka mokuwa komanso motalika usiku
wa ma bulldozers usiku wa mabomba
Amuna okhala ndi zidole zazikulu amakwera pamtunda wotopa
mphindi ikuyandikira mu fumbi la mchenga
akuyenda mumsewu waukulu wa dziko
manja ali pazibowo zawo zosefukira
Tikudikirira kuti muluke, titembenuza kuyimba
motero mawu a munthu amene anali ndi mabomba mumtima mwake
sichidzasamba ndi nyimbo za zingwe
mawu a nkhunda yolira m’munda wamadzulo
Chifukwa chiyani akuluakulu omwe strut sanagonjetsepo
ndi bingu la mulungu mwa manja a anthu abwino
mwa kung’amba mitima yawo
mfuti zawo zisanalankhule
Ndi madontho amvula padenga m'misewu
pa mafunde a m’nyanja
timapanga mtendere wathu momwe tingathere
mtendere ndi maganizo athu
Palibenso zoti tizichita koma kudikira
chifukwa chakupha komwe sikunathe
pakuti tsiku la wodwalayo libweza odyetsa ana
kuti ndibwererenso kamodzinso
