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16 Seconds From Space

You can feel my heart racing from across the room If I could just reach for you.., What I feel and what I say is almost contradictable

I’m contemplating who I should tell it to and who’s really worth telling the truth

I’m in zero gravity

When I look into your eyes I see more than what meets the eye I see a piece of you, That’s holding back the truth

You’re sociably doing all the things that make me comfortable just so you can get through

I’m in zero gravity

Is this the perfect time to tell you that I might be falling for you.

Maybe not, this might not be the best time

But it feels right

It feels like

I’m at the right place to be at this point in time

I mean that

If you feel like

There’s something you need to think about

Don’t rush

Take your time

I’ll be right here with open arms, and you can run back to love But for now

Come closer

Grab my hand and let our energies align,

Pretty little hands

Pretty little eyes

Pretty little nose

Pretty little lips

….can I get a kiss

I’m in zero gravity …

Written by Brian Mlaudzi Business and Management Sciences Business and Information Administration 3rd

year

Written by Tuhfah Emjedi

Bed: SPFET

Year 1

I dedicate this to my mother

To only you, and always do To do all the things you did Without complaint but with pain

Before I go out, it becomes a debate I remember a day, you the teacher, doctor, and counsellor But only to see it was love Tey you loved me like no other How I wish I had seen it sooner

If I could have chosen, I would pick no other One day I would want to be like no other, But only like you mother

Hartklop

Saggies kom vul jou liefde my wonde Dit blis die bloei van die donder Die krake wat my hartklop laat stop... Krake wat skree, skaamte en sonde;

Desperaat ring ek al my dele by mekaar Stukkend moet net, mag net bly in my kraal Wildvreemd en verwar blink die spieëlbeeld Ontsnap ‘n deel net, kraak die beeld daar

Hoe donder die krake wat hier binne bly... Dit bewe en blits tot sy weer Jou stilte kry; Dan fluister die krake, skaamte en sonde. Ek soek die nege-en-neentig, maar Jy soek vir my

Saggies kom vul jou liefde my wonde, Dit blis die bloei van die donder

Written by Anri Kotzé

Faculty: Education

Course: BEFNPT BEd Foundation

Phase Teaching

Year of study (2022): Second year

Ek gee al my krake en dele aan Jou Jy maak jouself dié Sondebok vir ons onkunde.

Broos blink ek, in sak en as en rou Gewoont aan die krake, maar verby is die ou. Hoop, die profeet roep altyd vir beter. Tog rou ek steeds die donder hier en nou;

Written by Philani Mjoko Faculty of Business and science. Sports and Leisure management.

Year 2

Waa Nocovid!

Kuhlokome isizwe siphela!

Kwahlasimla amanyange.

Babhula okhohlel’esingeni.

Yangquzulana iAfrika iphela.

Zajika zajonga ngasemva eziphambile.

Zibhidwe yinja ukuvuthwa.

Kanti kukungena kwakho ntsholongwane ndini.

Aa Nocovid ugqubile kweli loMzantsi Afrika. Ugqugqisile wangquba iintsapho zazingqukuva.

Ibizincwina macala onke ilizwe liswele ichiza.

Wena ngegqudu lakho uqoqe wabuyisa amahilihili.

Walithi jize ngelifu elimnyama ilizwe.

Uyidyongwana engene inyantsula kwelo Mzantsi Afrika, Kanti wena usisiphithanyongo esahlula nabangaphesheya kolwandle. Usibethe ngesibetho esingapholiyo isizwe.

Kwaxhakazelwa kumaxhapheshu kuzungulwa ichiza. Wasuke wena wabavala umlomo ngezinxwathi. Walawula ilizwe wamisa intshukumo imihla engamashumi amabini ananye. Aa! Nocovid emangcwabeni bacule unoyana imihla nezolo ngenxa yakho. Ezibhedlele kwaphela amagumbi wezigulana. Iintsapho zaphulukana nemisebenzi.

Isizwe umxhelo ujacekile kungekho ndawo yobalekela. Ulibulele Ikamva leentsapho bambi baphulukana nemfundo. Ulibulele uluntu, imizi yasala ingamanxiwa.