The zeal to live
A motivation to succeed
And aim for the stars to attain
An excuse to wake up and try again
The engine that keeps life moving
What makes all worth living
The end goal.
It pushes us on our worst days
Daring us to never give up
It fuels our soul like petrol on fires
Making us unstoppable umpires
That thing we live or die for
Reasons, purpose.
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Unathi Mphikiswa was born and bred in the rural areas of eastern cape, South Africa. she is a qualified pedagogical practitioner who graduated from Nelson Mandela university. She worked as a substitute teacher at Mvezo primary School during COVID-19 in 2020. She started documenting poems during high school and started taking poetry seriously when she entered the Avbob poetry competition in 2022 and got her poems published on their website. Since then, she has had her poem published in the 87th edition of the WSA magazine. She takes writing as a hobby and plans to write a poetry book in the near future.
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This Poem was published in the July 2024 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.
