Kaizer's Musing Part of the SiteSet to feature prominently in the public discourse this year is the so-called National Dialogue, a superfluous event if ever there was any. The so-called National...
a question
– written on 14 march 1992 aboard a british airways flight en route from london to johannesburg
when the sun
no longer shines
when the soul
is empty, starved
and a smile is foreign
when what was
no longer is
and when love –
rich and rewarding –
lies shattered
on the alter of pride
and its erstwhile flame
merely flickers
no longer shines
when the soul
is empty, starved
and a smile is foreign
when what was
no longer is
and when love –
rich and rewarding –
lies shattered
on the alter of pride
and its erstwhile flame
merely flickers
when all that once moved
is now stationary
when fountains have dried up
and the river which flowed
freely and melodiously
has become a dessert
without an oasis
and sings only to itself
like my heart:
is there still reason
to go on breathing?