Eclipsed Dreams - A Poem

Eclipsed Dreams: A Poem

Thunder, lighting, power and light

Heartbreak, broken, devastated and hurt

Eclipsed dreams, shallow ambitions and sad songs

Perhaps it was the truth, and I needed to live it

I dreamt past morning

Missing morning, in a turn of sleep

He had always been

And I knew it

I never lived it...

By: Gcobani Qambela

(To be continued) ;-)

Should I have given it to him? Even though he did not ask?

I recently passed a mobility impaired man outside Debonairs in Grahamstown. I felt really sorry for him, sitting there outside in the wheelchair in such cold weather. Walking a few metres in front of me was a white middle aged man. The mobility impaired young man slid his wheelchair towards the white man to ask for money – which he did not get.

I immediately started to draw a few coins from my pocket – getting ready to give him the coins as I anticipated he would also ask me for it. But he didn’t ask for it – and I did not give the coins to him.

I did not give this to him because I did not understand what he was trying to say, by asking for money from a white man and then turning his head against me (black) when I was so willing to give the money to him.

Did he do this because black students at Rhodes generally do not give money? Did he do this because he thought I did not have the money?

And most importantly did I not give the money to him, because I wanted to be asked? Or did I not give because I was insulted that he would ask a white man and not ask me?

These are some of the questions I will take to sleep with me blogger peeps – why do I give? Do I do it for self-gratification?... I ponder... always

One thing is for certain: he did not get my money... is that right? Is it wrong... You tell me!

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Are South Africans not perhaps expecting too much from the FIFA world cup?

During my time in PE this past weekend I had the chance to converse with some of the interns/volunteers at FIFA about the World Cup and some of their post-world cup plans. While most of them seemed to be excited about the chance to give something back to South Africa by working for FIFA.

I was a little bit concerned about the number of youth who expected full time employment from FIFA AFTER the world cup. I suppose that is one of the sad things about global events - people are never really fully alert to the fact that it comes and it goes - to the next country.

Dr Jordaan was saying that he understands that come the 11th of July 2010 his work at FIFA will come to an end. I'm however concerned after conversing with the above mentioned youth - who seem to oblivious to the nature of FIFA as an organisation - a global one.

I think South African's, in particular the youth should be concerned not with what FIFA will do for them, because FIFA come 11 July, will leave South Africa - and its main concern will not be the welfare of South Africans, but rather where the next venue for the global soccer event will be.

Rather lets, as the youth, focus on the (economic) incentives that we can derive from the world cup - and lets use that to better our condition. Lets do that. Lets not expect FIFA to fix our problems in South Africa - that is not their job - lets rather USE FIFA to find solutions to some of the pressing issues affecting us. Lets do this! Lets do it guys!

Feel It. It is here.

Yive, seyilapha #lolgasm

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