Hettie Van Zyl
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Poem "The race":
- written August 2009
- published August 26, 2009
- viewed 17 times
Other poems by Hettie Van Zyl:
»A Falling Leaf«
»A Harsh Word«
»A Powerful tool«
»An Open Mind«
»Beginning of a new day«
»Broken Wing«
»Child of the street«
»Flames«
»Hailstorm«
»Happiness«
»how?«
»In The Eyes Of A Child«
»Joyful Tear«
»Love of a real friend«
»Miracle«
»Noah's Ark«
»Price For Peace«
»Real Love«
»She cried«
»That special friend«
»That Special You«
»The Abused«
»The Gold Digger«
»Time Limit«
»What Counts«
»When You Were Mine«
»Words«
»You«
Visit Hettie Van Zyl's profile page
Poem "The race":
- written August 2009
- published August 26, 2009
- viewed 17 times
Other poems by Hettie Van Zyl:
»A Falling Leaf«»A Harsh Word«»A Powerful tool«»An Open Mind«»Beginning of a new day«»Broken Wing«»Child of the street«»Flames«»Hailstorm«»Happiness«»how?«»In The Eyes Of A Child«
»Joyful Tear«»Love of a real friend«»Miracle«»Noah's Ark«»Price For Peace«»Real Love«»She cried«
»That special friend«»That Special You«»The Abused«»The Gold Digger«»Time Limit«»What Counts«»When You Were Mine«»Words«»You«»The race«
Inside or outside the can,
is it Apricot or jam.
Let's make a test to be sure.
On the outside looks like Apricot
but inside definitely not.
So don't throw it away, it is pure.
A broken heart from the inside,
the body fool the people outside,
nobody has ever made sure
about the girl who run the race,
who maybe looks like a boy in ways.
Don't take her medal away, she's pure.
is it Apricot or jam.
Let's make a test to be sure.
On the outside looks like Apricot
but inside definitely not.
So don't throw it away, it is pure.
A broken heart from the inside,
the body fool the people outside,
nobody has ever made sure
about the girl who run the race,
who maybe looks like a boy in ways.
Don't take her medal away, she's pure.
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Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe: "That's what it is, Hettie. The imagery in the first stanza is just right."