NguBertha Reilly, World BEYOND War, Novemba 3, 2020

Nge-11 kaNovemba ngo-1918

Kutheni o kutheni
Nceda undixelele ukuba kutheni
Ngaba wama emseleni Waza walinda ukufa?

Xa indoda ephetheyo Yathi “dlulani encotsheni” Kwakutheni ukuze ningezi nonke
Yithi “Yima, yima, yima”?

Ienyawo zakho zibe seludakeni Intloko yakho ibisemafini Okanye abakuxelelanga
Ungagoduka unxibe iqhiya?

Kwaye abo bantu babuyela ekhaya Nabantwana bakho abangekazalwa Kwaye zonke ezo zigidi zashiywa zizilile

Amakhwenkwe owawabulalayo Nezihlobo zakho ezibhubhileyo Ungandixelela ngoku Yintoni eyanelisekayo?

Abantu abaphetheyo. Kwakungekho nto inokunikela
Kodwa ukutshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo
Kwezo babiza ezinye.

Bakufumene njani
Ukuthiyana
Xa nzulu ngokwenene
Ubungumzalwana kumzalwana?

Ukubulalana
Ayinandawo emhlabeni
Awubonanga njani
Yayingeloxabiso lakho lokwenyani elo?

Sinezinto ezininzi esifana ngazo Njengabantu
Kwaye zonke izahlulo zethu
Ayisiyiyo le nto babonakala ngayo.