I’m cornered by lightning
So frightening! I’m shaking,
Just waking from afternoon napping.
Still mapping, still seeing them clapping…
But flashing and bashing
Of bold bouncing bolts of burden;

Sighs within the skies
Drumming loudly, telling lies!
Can no one, anyone
Under a shaded sun
Stop this rattling rogue thunder?

DUDDUMM….DUDDUMM…DUMM! ! !

Cracking like corn in the fire,
But much, much higher
Than rolls of smoke;
Then smashing the air
With hostile whipping, whipping and weeping

Oh here comes the rain! ! !

Sweet as the melting flowers
Of moonlight in broad daylight.
Warm with winter’s absence,
Each drop; is incense
To the soul and essence
Of the mother tongue of earth.

Sweet tasting, tender touch
From volatile valleys across the sky

Let the rain come! ! !

Let it fill the dams
And dusty streams
No more sunny themes
But later, for the sun it seems.

Let it cover the oceans
And rivers; with shivers
Running wild! ! !
Let it melt the sorrows of my child.

DUDDUMM…DUDDUMM…DUMM…
Sutyu’ Qha! ! !

DUDDUMM…DUDDUMM…DUMM…
Sutyu’ Qha! ! !

Nkululeko Mdudu

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