IM NOT BLACK IM CURSED

Our feature poet this week needs no introduction to all those that follow Word n Sound religiously... Ladies and gents we bring you Thapelo Naked-Soul Tharaga

"Naked-soul,Born Thapelo Tharaga in Soweto, a poet,actor,dancer and a writer, got into the arts at a tender age of 10. Got involved in theatre productions, most recent being the S.A.Y.A theatre production with their award winning play "tears of the dead" I'm an artist by birth. "I have performed almost everywhere in the country having have climbed stages like the WordnSound,SoundsInMotion,CuddleSessions,Poetryinmotion,poetsinoffice and many more! I believe artists are prophets and with art we heal", says the talented Thapelo.

IM NOT BLACK IM CURSED

See this dark pigment that you call a black skin is nothing more than a curse,as I meditate on top of this pyramids I get pictures,visuals, memories that take me back into time.Tired from running against this stray bullets that killed hector pieterson like a squashed fly,but mandela still lived up to that day.

im not black,im not black,im cursed.

See I would rather be white where you don't need an initiation to be called a man,rather have a bunch of blacks to call kaffirs,

See we blacks gained freedom and lost humanity thus stupidity,i would rather be human than to be stupid and free

im not black,im not black, im cursed

I curse the day I was born black,this dark ink injected into my blood stream,flowing into my heart like the tugela river....

darker, darker,darker, I got.

see I wrote these black thoughts on a white paper,but why is it everytime a teargas was thrown it never brought joys into my wide eyes?

im not black,im not black,im cursed.

No im not cursed, im blessed to black.,.

see this dark skin protects me from the harsh rays of the sun

so don't ever call me black

call me a black man.