NguRobert Bernhard, World BEYOND War, November 16, 2020
uMhlatshelo
Umhlatshelo,
Igazi e-altare,
I-altare Lempi.
Ah, yebo,
uNkulunkulu
Nezwe.
Isibindi somuntu ngamunye, futhi,
Kunwetshwe emkhawulweni weMpilo
ezimpilweni ezilahlekile,
kushaya izimpondo ezidabukisayo
ingoma efanayo yokulala
njengokufa.
Abaningi bakubize ngokufanele,
ngakho-ke akudingeki ukuthi basho
impi imosha imiphefumulo,
ubukhazikhazi nenkazimulo
enikelwe abasindile
kunokuba uqambe omunye umuntu
umhlatshelo ongaphelele.
Umnikelo wamukelwe,
AmaMongers of War ayaqhubeka
ukungangcolisi, noma ukuba manzi,
noma onegazi,
noma embozwe umjuluko
kusukela ekuphuthumeni ukulinda,
noma emsebenzini,
noma ukwesaba nokungezwani
lokubulala
bezungeza ngemithambo yabo.
Sonke siyafa,
amasosha nezakhamizi,
kulabo Mongers,
izikhwama zabo ezigcwele,
hhayi ngenkululeko,
hhayi ngenkululeko yomuntu.
Abanye bafa,
futhi sonke sakhala ngaleso sikhathi,
ngokwethu njengoba
abafileyo.
Futhi manje, e-The Wall,
siyamkhalela lowo,
futhi lowo,
futhi lowo,
lelo gama ku-The Wall,
igama ngalinye ku-The Wall.
Igama ngalinye kuThe Wall
yithi.
Sakhala ke,
futhi siyakhala manje,
hhayi kumuntu owayekhona
vala noma ucezu lwethu,
kodwa kumuntu owayekhona
ngamunye wethu,
ngoba "Mina".
Lapho sihleka futhi sicula
kankulunkulu nenkazimulo,
siyakhala.
Sikhalela igazi lika "Mina"
kuchitheke,
kuchitheke ealtare likankulunkulu,
ialtare labo bonkulunkulu bonke
kwaba khona njalo.
Ngoba wonke unkulunkulu owake waba khona
ube ne-Altar of War
ukuze igazi lika "Mina" liconsele phezu,
ukuthela phezu.
Siyakhala
ngoba ngisho nohlu lweThe Wall
yithi, ngu "Mina",
ngakho-ke, futhi amaMongers of War,
abahlanzekile, abanelungelo,
mahhala mahhala, ukuphila kalula, ukuceba
ngemali ephrintiwe ngo
Igazi elithi "Mina" licashile,
ngenzuzo eyanele yokuthenga
wonke umuntu umaki wenja,
ukusenza sonke sicabange “thina”
thina asiyena "u"
Siyakhala ngoba “Mina” uyafa
kukankulunkulu ogama lakhe
akekho owaziyo,
ngisho nakunkulunkulu ongathanda
anikele ngendodana yakhe uqobo,
futhi uvumele igazi lendodana yakhe
cacisa impi eningi.
Aleluya, ngingu "I."
Nginguye.
Nginguye lowo.
Ngiyikho enginguye engingaba yikho.
Noma ngikhonze futhi
angiziqhenyi,
namanje ngisekhona
ngiyabonga ukubongwa,
futhi wamukelekile ukwamukelwa ekhaya.
Ngidinga ukubongwa
futhi wamukela ekhaya.
Futhi ngenkathi ngikhala ngoba
"Mina" ngishonile,
Kazi kungani,
kazi kungani unkulunkulu engafi,
kungani singafuni
lowo nkulunkulu makafe
ealtare lika “Mina”
ukuze sonke siphile ku
ukuthula okungenampi,
bethandana
kuze kube seqophelweni elithi “I.”
Mayelana umbhali:
Ngiyilokho engikubiza ngokuthi i-hippie curmudgeon osethathe umhlalaphansi osekhulile, osesekuthuleni, othandweni nasezinweleni, wasinda ekuhlanzweni kuka-60 no-70 ngasikhathi sinye emigwaqweni yama-hippies ababeyingxenye yalokhu okwakuthiwa 'inguquko' , ngokulahlekelwa yi-naivety yami engakhohliseka kalula, noma ukuzithengisa ngokuba yi-yuppie, ngisebenza kuphela etafuleni (ikakhulukazi ngisiza abantu ngokushintshana ngokudla nendawo yokuhlala ngenkathi ngisebenza, umqondo wami wokuthi ukungabi nentela kimi kuzongena emaphaketheni osopolitiki noma umshini wempi wenzuzo - inguquko yami yomuntu siqu, njengoba mina, nge-PTSD engatholakali, ngishaywa yimoto iminyaka engamashumi amabili, ngisuka e-Alaska ngiya ePanama, ngiphumelela ngafuna abantu abazobabiza ngomndeni (ngiphikisiwe ngumndeni wami we-Midwest wegazi lapho Ngibuyise i-stateside) nendawo engizoyibiza ngekhaya. Ngimtholile 'umuntu', (kufana nokuthi ungitholile), lapho ngiyekile ukuhambahamba, endaweni yokugqoka eyi-1100 acre engikhetha ukuhlala entwasahlobo eshisayo ebengihlala kuyo futhi ngisebenza njengasebusuku Ezokuphepha, unkosikazi wami oseneminyaka engama-31 manje, owayesebenza ngaleso sikhathi eStanford University neMasters Degree yakhe kwezengqondo yezingane (uRobert Plant wayenephutha, ecabanga ukuthi abesifazane BANEMIPHEFUMULO), beza eholidini ngezimpelasonto, ngemuva nje kokuba sihlangane sashiya i-hedonism yezindawo zokungcebeleka ukuze umuntu oyedwa abe ngumuntu oyedwa. ipulazi elizungezwe amahektare ayi-15,000 omhlaba we-BLM, lapho-ke, wafundela izifundo zesikebhe ezigcwele, wathola i-PhD yakhe kwezeMfundo, wabe eseba nguprofesa osebenzayo ekhuthaza ubuciko kwezemfundo, efundisa othisha abazoba, 'indawo' yethu njalo lapho ngamaphupho nangezimpawu Umoya wasiholela ukuba sibe, okwakungalesi sikhathi bekuse-US US selokhu sahlangana ngo-1989.
