The wood for the trees........

Ok, I’m not one to mourn and wallow in self pity
But this time PLEASE pity me
LOL!

Attention seeker?............. NAH!

I just don’t like the way I sometimes end up NOT on top of my mountain of joy BUT deep in the woods wondering if I’m gonna see my beautiful mountain again.
I’m usually on the top of things, like now
Not yesterday and the day before
I broke down
I thought I’d reached my breaking point
Now I know I’d just gone on that walk in the woods

What’s not pleasing right now is that I can see a cloud fast approaching my mountain
Yeah, it may pass
But my mountain doesn’t need the shade
It’s always bright and sunny
I’m praying the winds of change will redirect that cloud
Better still, my fire will vapour it out

I seem not be getting to the crux of the matter?
The crux is that I’m now OK
I’ve got to avoid going down my mountain into the woods
Who knows? I may lose myself down there and become one of THEM!
The lost, the depressed ones, the ones with no hope

NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!

I’m not saying there’s something wrong with them
There’s just something wrong about them
Their environ isn’t one you can smile in
I’m used to fishing them outta that wood
Now if I’m down there with them
WHO will fish them out? What about me?

I can climb up my mountain and stay there
They still need to know that such a mountain exists for them

You got that right
I’m a fisher of Man.

It might sound a bit twisted but believe me
All fishers face that challenge and some have become lost in the woods.

Risk averse?

I'll risk a verse.
Not now but some time later when I feel that way again
My soul's still ok just that the mind is at war.

I did something someone may consider out of character.
Actually it’s expected of me
No I’m not losing it
I do speak for the voiceless at times.
I take risks
I just did that

I may have everything to lose
But then again what do I have to lose?
I don’t have much but I have everything
What I have cannot be lost
I can only give it away
I don’t see myself giving it away anytime soon
Sometimes one cannot just look the other way and just carry on
The next person is your business
Yes, you’re your brother’s keeper

I will not retract what I said today
I even wrote some of it down
Some wars have to be fought today by me
I may forget and I will be accountable

These wars have to be fought some time
Someone’s got to do it
It’s not always me
Today it had to be me
I don’t feel afraid
There’s no precedent in this case
I’m setting the pace
Some things just cannot be left to just go on without challenge
I have spoken for the voiceless
Someone has to take stock of what they’re doing

A dog's day

What's with the net? Almost thought I'd lost. Nways to 2day's story.
There've been a number of times I've said a dog always has it's day and I think that day is about to be upon us.......soon though.
Typical Zimbo right?
I can't help it. We're born with loads of this stuff called hope and we thrive on it.

Today of all days intervention came from the source one would least expect.
Who would have thought the authorities would get something right and for the good of us, the worker.

My point is that when one prays for intervention it’s almost a given that the format of what intervention will be in ur head.
There’s that someone you expect will come through, that stuff that’ll just give, that person that’ll just change. It’s all pre-arranged somehow.

I just have to give a shout of praise coz this never was even one of those possibilities in my small backward world.

My eyes have just been opened wider and I’m loving it!
intervention by God will come via nay of the arenas in His control
i.e. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!!

Indeed He is an AWESOME GOD.

Expectations?

I had a rough idea of what to expect and how things would run. Far from my expectations is what took place.

So we had gone to look for food- so says my Shona custom. We went to pay the bride price for my younger brother’s girlfiend-soon-to-be-wife and we came back with small change.

What was required of us was huge in my sight. What follows is strictly my opinion.

They wanted 16 cows.

Yep, 16. We didn’t even commit any offence to warrant them asking for that many cows. Maybe we overdressed or they just wanted a lot of money apiece since there were so many of them.

The result?
There’s now tension over finances which never existed when these two were still girlfriend and boyfriend. Maybe they should have just continued being that. No wonder many people elope and after that the bride price is seldom high unless some mishap happens to the wife before payment of anything.

They want 5 live cows.
We’ve got none in our non-existent kraal. We’ll look for them anyhow. I guess that’s the price you pay for loving someone and wanting them to stay with you for the rest of your life.

Maturity plays a part when you start thinking of this new bond that’s being formed. It’s not like we just went back to our house and they had a party after we left and we cried and will forget about it. The husband and wife’s finances are going to be dry for sometime when they are meant to be enjoying staying together. And when they have issues they want the mukuwasha to help out with- who’s to blame when he says he’s till saving for the 5 cows?

My bone? None. Just had to vent it out before the muroora comes and be the one to cool off the rest of the crew whilst we await her joining our family for good.

The other side of this? My brothers want revenge on my bride price.
What?!!!
They think they can do the same when some guy wants to take me to his house.

They have a long wait coz there’s no guy wanting to take me out for lunch right now so the home bit will take much longer than they think. MUCH longer.Expectations?

I had a rough idea of what to expect and how things would run. Far from my expectations is what took place.

So we had gone to look for food- so says my Shona custom. We went to pay the bride price for my younger brother’s wife and we came back with small change.
What was required of us was huge in my sight. What follows is strictly my opinion. They wanted 16 cows.

Yep. We didn’t even commit any offence to warrant them asking for that many cows. Maybe we overdressed or they just wanted a lot of money apiece since there were so many of them.

The result?
There’s now tension over finances which never existed when these two were still girlfriend and boyfriend. Maybe they should have just continued being that. No wonder many people elope and after that the bride price is seldom high unless some mishap happens to the wife before payment of anything.

They want 5 live cows.
We’ve got none in our non-existent kraal. We’ll look for them anyhow. I guess that’s the price you pay for loving someone and wanting them to stay with you for the rest of your life.

Maturity plays a part when you start thinking of this new bond that’s being formed. It’s not like we just went back to our house and they had a party after we left and we cried and will forget about it. The husband and wife’s finances are going to be dry for sometime when they are meant to be enjoying staying together. And when they have issues they want the mukuwasha to help out with- who’s to blame when he says he’s till saving for the 5 cows?

My bone? None. Just had to vent it out before the muroora comes and be the one to cool off the rest of the crew whilst we await her joining our family for good.

The other side of this? My brothers want revenge on my bride price.
What?!!!
They think they can do the same when some guy wants to take me to his house.

They have a long wait coz there’s no guy wanting to take me out for lunch right now so the home bit will take much longer than they think. MUCH longer.