River of life by sihle

I was born on the 18th of August, at the Somerset hospital in Cape Town. I was born into a family of three but then as the years went by we became a family of five. My mother and father my two   younger siblings and obviously me...

I once lived in Strandfontein then lived in Gugulethu and the after that I relocated to Langa where  that's where I had lived most of my teenage life. The change was huge going from a settled and quiet environment to a very noisy and busy  one. The challenges had begun , I had met new friends and I wanted to fit in. When we got there I thought yeah this is the good life.Then I went to one of the popular schools which had got me one step ahead to the good life . Where I had started to enjoy my life as a teenager in high school. Things started to get hectic I was parties every weekend and to go to those parties I had to lie because I would need money to get to where I wanted to go . The going was tough hanged around with the tough boys which were the gangsters in the area I had gotten all the publicly I had always wanted because where ever they were I would also be there.After a while I then realized that, that life was not for me.I was blessed to have a good and caring neighbor who had helped through out those tough times and telling me that i honestly don't have to change for anyone that I was perfect the way I was and that I should not let the township  make me I should actually let it build me to a much better person .Life is tough out there for teenagers growing  up they are face with lots of problems outside and inside their homes.. we should actually help them and support them.Going back to my life I thank the friend I have because if it was not for him i would not be where I am today at the Chrysalis academy. A place where the actually help you find you'r inner self and the give you lots of opportunities you challenge yourself mentally and physically we had conquered many mountains and walked besides the longest beaches .There is a poem I would love to share with you I had written during the outdoor phase and it goes like this

Burdens of the mountains..

Only the mountains know
know what I went through emotionally and physically
deep, horrific and challenging
thoughts within me

climbing up and down mountains
mountains I have never thought of climbing
thinking to myself that it was impossible
but what was once impossible
became very possible

legs trembling with
excitement
adrenaline
&
fear

saw the furthest places I have never seen
longest beaches i have never swam in
but yet walked beside.

struggling with big bags on our backs,
stacked with foods clothes
heavy as the burden on our shoulders
the burdens we think are too heavy for us
but now we know nothing is too heavy for me

the lord never gives you a burden you cannot handle
it is all within the mind
when we persistently told our self's we can't do it
but when we looked up the mountain we made it.

to my fellow course mates
we have got to hold on
be strong
because we made it

walk with pride and know
you have conquered
many things in life
more then you have ever imagined

don't let anyone belittle you,i
when troubles occur stand at ease
look up front and say

I Have A Dream  


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