On the speeding train to nowhere

I DO not want to die and leave my brothers and sisters sitting in this speeding train that is leading them to nowhere.

Before I die I want to persuade my brothers and sisters to know that it is wrong to have a child when you are still a child.

I want them to stop wasting time sitting in taverns where there is a smell of violence and a taste of death, where there is dirtiness of all kind.

I want them to not waste time sitting at tables with bottles of beers, vodka and brandy in front of them while listening to music that has no positive message, but is vulgar and meaningless.

I want my brothers and sisters to transform their thinking from negativity to positivity.

I am tired of seeing pregnant teenagers day by day, corner to corner in their school uniforms.

I am tired of seeing boys dropping out of school and choosing a life that has no peace, no brighter future, no meaning and no sweet taste, a life that is fruitless.

I want to see and change this world of ours.

THOBELANI SANDILE NGEMA

Mzingazi Village