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No one said it would be easy

We all don’t realize that we have so much to be thankful for We have so much to appreciate and to give thanks for We always tend to look at the worst parts of our lives and fight to bring about better things from that. It’s hard to give away power when you have been in power for a long time…that is what Mbeki and Mugabe are going through now. Its being naïve to see Shangarai and Zuma as fitting into presidential shoes, but this is only one person’s opinion. Yes they may come with new ideas and strategies of recovering the Zimbabwean Economy; and the other: to changing the South African Constitution completely. This is politics We forget that before all this…. There was struggle, there was bloodshed, and there was no peace. And after all this; now we forgetting that we didn’t care whom the person next to you looked like or where they came from- as long as they ran next to you and on your side. Suddenly my neighbor is not allowed to breathe the same air as me because she/he does not spea...

The System

My heart, why you hurting so? What has brought upon you so much pain? As strong and flexible as you are I think you tried to hard and bent too far. My heart, what troubles you so? What has left you in such turmoil? As brave as you have been in the past, it seems that you won’t last. My feet, why do you drag me down so? What chain and ball is slowing you down? As fast as you have been to carry me through so many fires and devotion you have shown. My hands, why do you tremble so? What fear and pain has left useless? As magical as you have been with a pen and paper but now you are clueless. My hands, why you allow my syllabus leave me behind? What has left you disable? What work can be done if not completed buy writing it down with my hands, they are not able. My eyes, why do you cry so? What has disturbed your concentration and stolen you vision? As sharp and sparkling as you have always been in the past but now you show signs of depression. There is something wrong with the system, the ...