We Matter by Siphosethu

Im a rose among thorns
Ngiyintfombi yaketfu
Silabhalabane sematfumbu aMake
Imbali yeMantungwa
Insulamnyembenti yamake
Ngiyatichenya ngebungimi bami.

Nyatfu! Nyatfu kunyatsela lokungenamkhawulo
Ingani langihambe khona ngishiya luphawo;
Nginyatsela kuzizitele iMelika,
Kuchuche Obama cobolwakhe;
Asho atsi yanyatsela intfombiyakabo!

Impela ngibonga kangikhawuli kulongetulu;
Langakha lelijaha!!
Titfo yimigcishilala wena lowabona teNdlovu;
Hha! Ngete ngacedza!

Ngiwaketfu! Ngingudzadze webanaketfu;
Ngingumnsinsi welakitsi
Ngivumele ke ngichakaze!
Yima kungihlukubeta nami ngingumuntfu kubakitsi!

I am so valuable!
So stop isolating me!
Stop discriminating me!
I am not who you think i am
Im normal just like you.
I need a bright future too
If you matter; i also matter
We matter!

Eveni letfu kanikhombi kusicabangela!
Sesahlala sichucha kuhle kweMhlanga usemantini;
Ngabe ngulelibala yini?

Labasetikhundleni; ngisho ticumama cobolwato,
Bayasihlambalata; batsengisa ngatsi
Kani tsine sitaba-bantfu nini?
Nisibita tinkawu; vele singito kodwa sale nisivela.

Sicela kukhululeka!
Minyaka yonkhe nijuba lilanga leNdiphethe;
Nine nikhululekile; kuthula kubutwa kini,
Tsine ngabe sitsi kuthula nekuhlala kahle;
Nisisukela ngemikhwa netibhamu!
Do you know how much pain you causing to us?
When are we going to get our own independence?
When are you going to know that Albinos matter too?
We Matter!

I matter to my family!
To the world i do;
To my friends i do;
To my future i do;
So if i don't matter to you; just leave me and let me live with my albinism
And accept that it is my right to live;

Ngivumele ngishakate ngekumamatseka;
Ngiyekele ngichakaze ngidzimate ngibhalashe;
Sivumeleni siphile kunye nani;
Uma sibulawa ngini nibaketfu,nitsi siphatseka njani
Setayaphi tinhlitiyo ebantfwini;
Lesibhuku nesibulawela lesingaka sibuyaphi?

Sesihamba sitfuka tanya ngenca yekwesaba;
Sicela emalungelo etfu asebente;
Asihlafuneni ngamhlatsi munye;
Asibumbane kuhle kwelijoti;
Ngoba sonkhe sibantfu ngekulingana
If you matter! I also matter;
So We Matter!!

©Sphosethu khumalo
2016