Abazali bami baseGoli, mina ngilapha
Umama lobaba bahamba ngo-2019 baya eGoli. Bathi bazabuya ngonyaka olandelayo. Sekuyiminyaka eyisithupha.
Bayathumela imali nyanga zonke. Ngiyabonga, sibili. Sifundile ngaleyomali, siyadla ngayo. Kodwa imali ayikwazi ukukhuluma lami ebusuku nxa ngingalali.
Ngihlala logogo. Uyangithanda kakhulu kodwa akakwazi ukungizwa — uleminyaka engu-74, umhlaba wakhe wehlukile kowami.
Abanye bathi ngilenhlanhla. "At least your parents send money, thina asilalutho." Ngiyakwazi lokho. Ngiyabonga ngakho. Kodwa ngikhumbula umama. Yikho kuphela. Ngikhumbula umama wami.
Angikaze ngimtshele lokhu ngoba angifuni ukumzwisa ubuhlungu — usebenza nzima ukuze thina siphile.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ngifuna nje ukukubhala kwenye indawo.
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