god bless those who have come before us
for their eyes have seen the unjust commit injustices and still they share a south africa that is more same-old than new
more grey skies than bright.
more forgotten promises than new buildings built to house the poor, heal the sick, educate the kids who'll be teaching our kids in our mid-forties.
god bless those who have come before us for their selfishness for a vision of peace in the name of dignity that included our own.
my friend told me "senzeni na" meant: what have we done to deserve this? it's a question that's pertinent now.
what have we done, are we doing, to deserve this dignity when many people still live without it?
the rain comes before the rainbow. it's still raining.
Ouma Peper is 83, still strong, still giving claps on the back I discovered (when she gave me mine). She's hups, like I liked to say about my ma. She's been working for her community for more than twenty years now and she hasn't stopped. They consider her one of their stalwarts. She is.
