MY ABODE

Where is my abode?
Is it the spot where I was taken to stay?
After the 5th of October
Of 1990
The day when I was first called Ntombifuthi
The day when I first cried
My first tear flowed from the stink of the smoke
When the soft hands converge me
My mother made me smile with these exquisite eyes
Making me temperate
Thinking that is my home.

Where is my abode?
Is my spot under the bridges where I Endeavor?
To persist in the streets
Trying t live for today
Tomorrow will sort itself out.
Is my abode the so-called pipes where
I Endeavor to get victuals
Where you will find me on the big streets of jozi
Trying to make a living out of nothing

Where is my abode
Is my abode the exquisite
Motherland of SOUTH AFRICA
Where you will find all the beautiful
Nature of indigenous
Plants
Where you will find me making friends
With the creative creature
The rainbow nation illustrates
Everything about me

Where is my abode?
Is my abode the spot where you
Will find me full of enthusiasm
Getting deep with the word of god
Praising him like there is no tomorrow
Thanking him for the wonderful
Things he has given me
And for waking me
To see the sun
Telling all my worries
Asking for peace.

Where is my abode?
Is my abode the person I call isthandwa Sam,
My love
The one I love but
Don't loves me back
The spot I find myself
Dangerously in love,
Where I love with no limitation
Is home the person I tell all my secrets?
Thinking they are safe
Is my abode the person who beats me
Everyday and in the morning
He says, "I am sorry"
The person who is always asking for
S*x and when I ask why?
He says, "To strengthen our love"

Where is my abode?
Is my abode the person I go to?
When I am hurt?
Pouring all my stress
To the person I all my friend
The very same friend who is
Bad mouthing me to my one and only
Playing thatha ma-chance
Thatha my man
Looking friendly on the outside
Full of snakes inside.
Where is my abode...MY ABODE?