and these children understand
that life must go on
without their loved ones
and their pets
blown up
when that fighter-jet
spit missiles directed to their homes –
these children understand
that Jesus is not coming
and that God left war zones long time ago
they understand
that life must go on
as they limp towards dustbins for crumbs
and sometimes they eat remnants of bombs and bullets
and wonder why don’t they die too –
kgosietsile is a poet from mangaung. have two collections of poetry published, he lives with His beautiful Bongiwe, and were blessed with three lovely daughters, Reitumetse, Kgomotso and Otlotlilwe(Tlotlo)