by Seth Yuhi Musinga
Flood over my mind.
When I think of Karetes.
I feel complete.
With all the family there.
They left lots of memories.
For all of us to share.
Making the person that I am today.
Lessons that they taught me.
They guide me thru my life.
Their power of a touch, a smile and kind words
Their listening ears and honest compliment
Their single act of kindness was like a drop of oil on a patch of a dry skin
Making the person that I am today.
Their willingness to give and care.
Their kindness transforms my dark moment with a blaze of light
Their love was based on trust, and trust on love.
They made sacrifices and put our happiness first
They taught us never to abandon widows, widowers and orphans.
Making the person that I am today.
They taught us not to forget our past
to be honest and trustworthy
appreciation cultural diversity which is essential for our co-existence.
To love and share the beauty of life
without expecting any charm or joy
I remembered every moment between us,
and every moment felt more precious as time passed.
Making the person that I am today.
Taught us be pillars of positivity.
Let our heart glow when we pray.
Let our soul's innermost desire and need flow in silence, gratitude and humble petition.
Let our daily prayers be a life attitude
not only when we are in trouble
but never forgetting to include all others who are also in difficulties.
May our hearts be filled with great love for one another?
Making the family that we are today.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Biography, I was as Seth Yuhi Musinga on the farm Karetes in the Fransfontein district of Namibia. World War 1 drove my parents from their farm in Kalkveld ( Otjoruu) and I was born in the farmyard, under the shadow of a pear tree. I attended school in St Michael's RC Primary School and St Joseph High School., I received teacher's training at Academy College in Windhoek then studied education management in North-West University, South Africa from 1995 to 2000 ( Correspondence). I worked as a teacher in St Michael (1983–1985), Rössing Uranium Mine (1987–2003) and Skorpion Zinc Mine (2003–2006)., Literary career, By the late nineteenth Century, I begun to write poems. My novels are a reflection of my outlook on life. I spent most of my life insulated from certain sections of society. Most novels are also based on the idyll of rural country that I am so fond of., The strength of my novels is the ability to gain penetrating insights into the character and nature of human relationships, from even a fairly limited range of environments and characters., Although I wrote successfully in all literary genres, I am first of all a poet. Among my 250 and odd volumes of poetry are My Life Story (1990), My Visit to Hell (1993) and War Veterans (1987), Lover (1980), My Love for you (1997) and Oh, So Sweet (1988), a letter to her (1983), Nelson Mandela (1939) and Kuku Vivi Kandongo (1996)., My verse is notably simple and musical, making use of traditional verse forms such as the rondeel, intertextual references and techniques such as the switching of idioms, epigrams and spellings.
Last updated September 22, 2015