THE AFRICAN SUN

©Mwango Lupupa 23102016

To write it is my right; to sing it should be right

Goldenly the sun appears; mildly it disappears

Quietly peeling on the scaly mountains

Smouldering over the silky horizon

The grandeur seems just right

Like springs or seasonal fountains

Into the unending zone

Golden and mildly

All but once rightly

Sure it rises, truer it raises

On and through the green lush fields

On the soft blue or sparkly waters

Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters

Oh but it is God who raises the African sun

Even a song in the heart of an African

The African sun not only rises and raises

It also blesses all it shines upon

Oh wake up to this reality

For it dawns the day

And it ends its stay

To what end? To what profit?

You’ve to choose, you’ve got to say

I will sing about the African sun

I will sing it right because it’s my right

Being free under the African sun

Just feels right so as to do what's right

Seems just right so as to do what’s right

Good to be alive and to be counted for some good

Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters

Rise like the sun unto good!

WINGS OF A STRANGER

 

 

 

 

She grows wings of a stranger

She unmistakably takes on wings of stranger

And she very readily mounts on wings of a stranger

She surprises and frustrates by her words or actions, her wings to master

She has no fixed loyalty to anyone; she’s but a cautiously disappointing drifter

She has no regrets keeping her promises as much as taking on voyager wings

No matter what good someone does for her, auto is her wing-flight mode

Married or not, needs no expert, then, now or ever, her wings really to prod

A man can love a woman but not completely know or understand her swings!

 ©Mwango Lupupa 022020

 
‘Wings of stranger’ depicts a character, particularly female, that disappoints or surprises you by their words or actions, by which you wonder if you know them at all! It’s a description of someone who does or says something undesirable that completely catches you unawares such that it makes you ask where it came from. Someone is held or said to take on, have or develop ‘wings of a stranger’ when they say or do something that frustrates or somehow pieces you off and makes you feel like they have become distant or as if they are a stranger momentarily. In my mother tongue, we say “amena amapipiko”, which is literally translated “he/she has grown wings”. You believe you know someone well? Think again!

 

IN THIS LIFE

...There are times:

°When we've to take risks that we are not akin to; when loss is 100% eminent!

°When we have to fight bitter battles & stand alone as individuals or families;

°When we've to count the cost disregarding our status & benefits

°We've got to celebrate victory over evil; when we decisively resist & overcome it with good & it feels good!👌

°When we've to conquer our fear(s) with what we never anticipated;

°When we've to partner with others for worthy causes, perhaps bigger than ourselves

°When we've to humble ourselves in recognition of our weaknesses, sins & limitations & simply mourn;😭

°When we've to be still & silent & consider our action or decisions in light of the consequences

°When we've to simply look at issues or the bigger picture without being in the equation;

°When we've to put aside our ego, & go low to get lifted higher;

°When we've to be alone, & learn in quietness & loneliness;

°There are times when Love is not an option but we've got to love anyway;💖

°When love is not reciprocated or appreciated & shouldn't be, in order to be worth it or valued;

°When we've got to let time reveal all or matter less;

°When minutes seem to be hours; times when only fewer days seem to fill a whole week;

°When matter matters not; when sense is questioned & order is ordered;

°When we've got to stand in order to progress.

===ONLY IN THIS LIFE!===

 ©Mwango Lupupa 17032017