So Precious That's Who You Are Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

Beauty of a vivacious soul
Gait so elegant and royal
The stars must have blinked on this day you were born
Could have been the birth of a queen; only if they had known
Precious they had to name you so at birth
A petal plucked off a rare rose
Whose romantic fragrance whiffed through the expanse to steal my brother's heart

I wish I had a voice
A voice so mellow and sound
To sing a beautiful' Happy Birthday' song to you mai guru
A carol of note; yet sung even by the most lyrically gifted
That would light the night skies with a starry future
I wish even the host of heaven would come sing with us on your day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRECIOUS NYONI!
PHILLIP NINE MAFUNGA
6 October 2020