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The Maiden
The Maiden
The Maiden
Mandlakazi : shhhhh …
Or get Mandlakazi's
attention to her
Mandlakazi : my brother …
She laughs
Mandlakazi : mhm …
She scoffs
And no one is
Mandlakazi : WHERE IS HE ?
She roars
Lelomo : as I should be , we
shouldn’t be inviting these
kind of troubles upon us
She gets up
She sighs
And walks out , shaking her
head once again
He says
Knowing very well , he didn’t
stand a chance against dark
magic
He looks at her
She hasn’t said anything
since yesterday
He nods
It doesn’t help
With a struggles
She sighs and coughs going
down
He’s heavy
Me : ncedani …..(help)
She shouts
And shouts
But no one seems to be
around to hear her
And he seems to be
unconscious again
Without hesitation
He seems to be recovering
And she hopes one of these
days
He will wake up
Lelomo : of course
One by one
Just as she continues to keep
on asking
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*JONGA KINGDOM*
The king walks in their hut
He looks at her
He chuckles
As he starts up straight
She gets up
He gets up
He heaves a sigh
He walks closer
Tatenda : I am sorry
Lelomo : what ?
She sighs
Tatenda : I am
Lelomo : by walking here ?
Tatenda : yes
Lelomo frowns
He moves back
And grabs both buckets
If it proves to be useless to
you
It’s a sight
And he died
It pains me
At times I wonder how life
would have been like
I sit down
Me : like what ?
She frowns
I just look at her
She sighs
Queen Lilanga : no !
She chuckles
Queen Lilanga : aren’t we just
in luck , because it will never
rain . And maybe this is what
we needed , so we can make
better choices for our people
when we get redemption
He says
He says to himself
I chuckle
She’s so old
Can this be ?
What I think it is ?
Me : what ?
Me : you stole me ?
She nods
Me : my parents ?
One day ?
I heave a sigh
I shake my head
She looks at me
Old woman : what’s there not
to accept ?
I was scared
So I kept quite
Me : I am different
Me : you don’t ….
I take a deep breath
Me : I am not …
Thabile walks in
And she looks at me
Its impossible
Old woman : Thokoza , stop
listening to things that do
not concern you
She scoffs
Old woman : well , I wish you
were death
Do I follow her ?
I look at him
As he comes behind me
slowly
I ignore him
Moments later
I look at him
He looks so ugly
Me : your fair is very ugly , at
least your eyes are stunning .
And that’s the only thing nice
about you , and you stink
He comes closer
Does he listen ?
Hell no !
He comes over and stands
near me
He chuckles
Me : what ?
He grins
I pop my eyes
My jaw drops
I try to say something
She stares at me
Me : ah , great !
I sigh
Wow !
Me : I turn into …
Me : I was scared
I nod slowly
That Mandlakazi
Or by the river
He looks at me as I approach
Me : I come in peace
He says nothing
He scoffs
Me : well …
I shake my head
Thube : well , you have found
me
Me : I am sorry
He looks at me
He looks away
Me : okay
I get up
He looks at me
Me : if you ever need to talk ,
I am here . I’ll listen , even if I
might not have wise words
Me : like ?
Thube : are there any wolves
there ? Or it’s just me , and
how will they accept me
when they know what I am ?
Me : I understand
Thube : you do ?
I chuckle
Me : yes , it’s a lot to take in .
I am not that bad
He laughs
Thube : go ahead
He nods slowly
He says so fast
Me : what ?
He sighs
He chuckles
If he lives or not
He heaves a sigh
She sighs
He doesn’t answer
As he looks to be deep in
thought
He tilts his face looking at
me
He sighs
Thube : no
Me : okay
I smile
And he slides his hand to
mine
Me : yeah
Okay !
In a while year
Me : is it time ?
It cannot be easy
Thube : hey
He slides in
As he thrusts in slowly
Just tapping on the sweet
soft spot
Moaning in pleasure
We lock eyes
He pulls out of me
As he cuddles me
And I place my hand on his
chest
Closing my eyes
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*THUBELIHLE*
I am scared
Me : thank you
She looks at me
I nod
Me : I do , I understand
I get up
I breathe out
But it happened
No tree is visible
She laughs
Thabile : this is a kingdom
Jonga , and however it may
look . With or without a place
, it’s still a kingdom . And
where ever the queen and
king reside , even if it’s a hut
it’s a palace
I smile
Me : you never cease to
amaze me
We continue walking
Thabile : strange
She shrugs
I heave a sigh
And we continue to walk
She opens it
I look down
Small festivities
Or their last
My heart is in pain
Seeing how much suffering
these people are living in
Who or what I am
It’s making things hard to be
at ease
I have no memory
whatsoever
I clear my throat
He sighs
I nod slowly
I don’t know what awaits me
here
I look around
And it doesn’t seem like
anyone knows this well
I ponder on my thoughts
I don’t understand
Unless ….
I don’t believe in
coincidences
Is the rain
I look up
And indeed it is raining
She looks at me
After so long
Thube : hey
Me : my prince
He laughs
I chuckle
Me : for what ?
Thube : I know all this is you ,
and it has nothing to do with
me
We laugh
People gasp
Without hesitation
And he runs off to the wild
with the head
I look at her
Me : he is scared
I want to just say he is safe
I look at them
I heave a sigh
He looks at me
Man : my king
I nod in acknowledgement
One walks to me
Man : my prince
Me : I bring no harm to your
land , and I don’t want a fight
I am defeated
I was clearly scared for no
reason
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*MAGUDU CAVES*
The old woman walks to the
river
He chuckles
I nod
Thube : I am sorry
Me : thank you
Thube : I am sorry I left , I ……
Thube : I understand
He holds my hand
Me : three months
I have been keeping count
I kept it to myself
Me : what plans ?
He never hinted
I wondered how we will be
able to co exist