I won’t give up…

I won’t give up…

I have heard the elders say this infamous phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

I have seen people “bebekezela”

I have been advised “kuyabekezelwa”

Our parents are the living proof of this infamous phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

Infamous to me and you, the “unattached”

Infamous to you and me, the new generation

It doesn’t apply to me and you,

It’s such a stupid thing to do,

“Where is your self respect?” “Where is your pride?” I would ask

“You deserve better than that” I would advice

“You can’t be allowing this to happen” I would comment

Until loves strikes you, so hard that you don’t even see it coming

You wouldn’t understand the phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

Until you find that one person that every time you think of, your heart beats

It beats so hard it actually scares you

Maybe the famous phrase “Love is blind” is too true

But then why are relationships so hard,

So hard to understand, to maintain, just to be in one!

Do I really have to apply “kuyabekezelwa?”

How and when do I start applying this infamous phrase?

But with you I don’t want to give up,

“Ngizobekezela”