Do you remember a girl called Dikeledi? <br />Well she was the one who proposed to you <br />And you couldn't initiate the first move <br />When she came to you during the school holidays <br />And it was just the two of you in the house <br />And instead you'd choose to suddenly go on an <br />Errand of your mama's and leave her high and dry <br />And finally(With the assistance of a friend) you <br />Tried to win her favors back but she sent you <br />Packing it was the moment of her 'it's pay back time' <br />Now roll back the clock my remorseful friend because <br />You're standing here and you're asking me to take you <br />To your(When were you struck by the lightening bolt <br />That suddenly jolted you into realizing that you love her) <br />Beloved Dikeledi and you forget that you were at the <br />Fore front of those who hated her family and called her <br />The biggest horse thieve in your little town and you <br />Realized when it was too late that she and her brothers <br />Were orphans and in those days of white supremacist rule <br />The welfare of the African child counted zilch to them <br />And the brothers my friend died one by one in jail <br />And you never saw your beloved Dikeledi and I pity you <br />Because you don't know but Dikeledi is buried there in <br />The uncarred for grave and that's O.K too because dead <br />She is free to love her god and the stars and the moon <br />And no longer shall she be subjected to the boot and the <br />Belt and the fists of an enraged boyfriend nobody will wake <br />Her up in the night and tell her to get out of bed and <br />Cook fish and chips for the pleasure of another woman and <br />That too is alright son of the soil you're a man don't cry<br /><br />BrokenHeartPheko Motaung<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remember-poems-remember-a-girl-called-dikeledi/
