PIKELELA GUTYUNGWA MEMOIRS

  Forever Young! Life, like dedicated football players doing their best to impress the coach: just like God at birth gently tapping your head and said, Go for it and give it your best! Can you see all these vast fields? They are yours for the taking, run, jump and roll all you can: have fun. This was the time when I was new to the world and the world was new to me. We embraced each other and this beautiful world promised to be always there for me, no matter what! What guarantees can you give to me for our lifelong friendship, I asked? You can rest assured I am always there for you, every time you breathe; I pledge you, my atmosphere. I pledge you all the sunshine you will ever need to brighten up your day. The stars will always be above your head to light up your darkest nights. Every time you lift your eyes towards the heavens at night, the moon will be smiling down on you, to remind you about your seasons! Forever young! More than just a feeling, we owe to our fav...

  My Honorary Commencement Address For 2025 And Yonder! It is with great humility and honour to stand before you in the comfort of your home and wherever you are. I thank the Almighty God for inspiring me to deliver this little speech of mine to the entire world. This once in my lifetime commencement address took shape after listening in stitches, to Kermit The Frog; delivering his first ever address to the graduates at the University of Maryland. Yes, I have been a fan of Kermit the Frog and the whole cast of Sesame Street since my childhood but: I wasn’t going to be outdone by the Frog! “As you prepare to take this big leap into real life, here’s a little advice... if you will listen to a Frog.” The beloved Muppet said. “Rather than jumping over someone to get what you want, consider reaching out your hand and taking the leap side by side, because life is better when we leap together.” Wow! These are very profound words of wisdom coming from Kermit The Frog! To al...

  Fourteen Years Of Grace And Counting! Hello stranger. What would you do if I told you that the voice you are hearing now is echoing way down from the grave? This man and his voice, according to the rules of death; is supposed to be dead and forgotten at least for fourteen years today. I have never thought or imagined myself talking to the living from yonder the grave: but hey, here we are it is happening right now! Whether by hyperbole or proxy, it is impossible for this man not to think and imagine life outside the coffin he found himself staring at. The Bible declares, the living know that they will die one day, but the dead know nothing. I also believe that it is hard for a dying person only left with a few breaths, to lie and deceive the people congregating around his deathbed. People would rather leave the subject of death and dying for another day: too scared to acknowledge the truth. Fourteen years of grace and counting. It is hard for me to believe that once up...

  This Your Day ! This your Hour, These your   Minutes, These your Seconds, This your very first Breath, This your very first Cry, This your very first Bath, This your first meeting with Dear Mother ; your first breast-feed, This your first Smile. This your World, This your first Crawl, This your first Step, This your first Walk, This your first Run, This your first School, This your first Test, This your first Exam, This your first Success, This your first Dream, These your dreams rolled over a thousand times, This your first College Graduation, This you on your first day as Teacher, This you with your Learners, This you finishing your 1st; 2nd and 3rd Degrees, This you after all these Graduations.... Celebrating, This you still Thinking... Damn! I am X-years old Today! These are the days of your life! What Now? This you today visiting the Library of Life.... Wow! So many rows of heightened shelves stretching as far as...

Everybody Was Wrong! While approaching Planet Earth at my birth: I read these words... Welcome to the World, your Theatre of Dreams! Fifteen years later after all the hype of endless dreaming based on everything I imagined as success. Listening attentively to my teachers who provided me with necessary navigation tools. Slowly, I trudged and waded through these foggy rough terrains: looking for my rainbow. Up until this point of my life, I was told everybody was wrong but, no one dared to tell me the whole truth. Everybody was wrong and nobody was right! Oh boy! This meant everyone born before my time, left me misleading trails and footprints: I have been following for decades! Imagine yourself facing the horror of going through the dark forest of life, only to discover after way too deep into nowhere: everything goes south; you miss your way out! Everybody was wrong and nobody was right! This now sounds like a badly written rhyme with lines and verses stacked up like ...

  Happiness Is The Key But Joy! Before God released His man into the wild, the Beautiful Garden of Eden. Breathing into the lifeless body of Adam became the cue to his own tune, which was Life. Who can forget the day Adam woke up from his deep sleep after God had performed the very First Surgery ever known to men? Wow, Lord! She is so beautiful, and she looks so identical to me! During this time Adam did the very First Dance to express his gratitude to God. Amazingly, the man started moving from the left, then to the right and dragged his right leg to draw a circle of love on the ground. Then this time around, it was Eve’s turn to animate her Thanksgiving moves. Hello, the woman began to sway her hips, stretching her hands above her head, twisted them and painted a Waterfall of Peaceful Bliss. All the while tiptoeing in a circle of staccato steps! And so, you thought all this dancing of today; did not start way back in the Garden of Love, Eden? Where have you been...

  FOREWORD....   I wrote and dedicated this heart-sinking memoir to my two nephews. Sifiso now deceased, who went missing and only to return home after three years. Velaphi has been living like a vagrant for more than three years now; his whereabouts are unknown.  These words pulled every string of my heart and very painfully so. Feel my pain and the warmness of my tears all over these pages. John is my character I created based on the reality we can find on every street corner of this world. This Google image was taken from the real homeless person. There are millions upon of millions Johns and Janes out there. They live and walk alone in a world filled with eight billion souls, strangely, no one ever notice these homeless people were once part of our societies.  I cannot imagine the pain of talking alone because there's no one in the world patient enough to listen and here my sad life story. Many of these unlucky individuals end up in unmarked mass graves; buried a...