THE BABY THAT IS

 

there is the baby pure

and perfect before all

the shit happens

dimming the shine

indelible in time

there is the toddler already

tainted with gifts given

pink booties and blue

blankie seemingly safe

within it all

there is the child sent off

in uniform to be taught

to conform force

fed a view of the world

that contrasts with reality

then there is the adult youth spent

on experience gained reeling

through traumas doggedly suppressed

knowing no more

than the baby that was

Homo sapien Sapien?

I have always seen you

Watching me

As I observe you

You steal another symbol

You want me to know

You want to sell it back to me

Another pre-packaged paper-god

Bad liar

Ruthless cheat

I have always seen you

You killed the first warrior

Who deigned to dissent

You thought you killed us all

I see you

When you sold the brow beaten offspring

Your versions of the truth and they bought it

You thought you bought us all

But I am not sold

I see you

People of people

We are species defined

Homo sapien sapien

One humankind

But no...

Wie is djy

Wat is djy

Waar is djy

Smaller and smaller and smaller the define

No more divine

Holding onto your flat-earth-philosophies

Distracted by belief in the metaphor and ego

You uphold the very power

Whose knee is on your neck

And suffocating your mind

'n nuwe normaal

waneer ‘out of the box’

net uitval

in ‘n groter karton doos

dan beteken ons idees fokkol

as domkop nog steeds wegkruip

agter groot woorde

en groter gebàre

dan beteken ons geleerdheid tog fokkol

when relavance reigns

in a mass of mediocrity

en almal is oortuig

dat alles is net ‘fantastic’

en die mensdom glo

in die metafoor

te slim om te besêf

hoe onnoosel ons eintlik is

when new is just another attempt

at doing the same thing over

again hoping for a different result

dan beteken dié poging ook fokkol