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POEM: History

If man had power to change the mistakes of history, what would he be?
It is not a fallacy to want to change our histories but an urge to correct what is out of place
Justice is justice without men, & many see best to let things be
It is feeling shame of that we could not control & not accepting fate which is the real disgrace
"To err is human, to forgive divine"
History only repeats itself because men repeat it
Man asks, "What am I if I cannot control what is mine?"
Death is the great cleanser isn't it?
For when we are dead, we become faultless in time
The path of ghosts should be observed & glory-seekers be alert & amend it
Those who long for an era are likely to be as the people of that time
Dead & remembered
After they have committed the same follies of that time

It is better being at peace & forgotten than a legend in hell
For, alone in your fate is where you will dwell

Mthoko M. Mpofana 


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