Dickson Mseti is a Tanzanian born to challenge the critics, when he was young he had to endure the negativity against himself and external forces. To become a poet was something and to become someone was another thing, The challenge of being a poet is, you don't choose to become but only the poems chooses you, that's when he came to realize that there is no point of becoming someone. all is nothing all but all the world is, the heat of a heart is in its strength to adopt the meaning. That is what he is today. TRYING TO GRASP AND ADOPT THE MEANING
I can hear their voices,
listen carefully you'll here them too,
be attentive, you can feel their pain,
but don't just sit there to observe their tears.
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I have to say before I die,
I saw a dropp of water under my knee,
I looked at it and to the sky,
I thought it came from the sky,
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It’s a source of revenge,
Master of destruction,
It brings separation,
Encourage discrimination,
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Intelligence of a human,
critical thinking of a man,
great thinking of a politician,
have turned this holy World into hell.
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So good being a happy kid,
playing with your kit,
even producing sound in a pot,
when the country's in peace actually.
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