IDEMOCRACY YAYESELWE-URHULUMENTE

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO II

I-ENIGMA: INDODA

Ubukrelekrele buzibonakalisa ngokwasemthethweni nangocwangco kwindalo iphela ngokulandelelana rhoqo kwemini nobusuku nangamaxesha onyaka. Izidalwa zomhlaba, zamanzi, nomoya zithobela ukuzivuselela kwazo ngokwemvelo, nganye nganye ngohlobo lwayo. Ucwangco lukhona kuyo yonke indawo-ngaphandle kwendoda. Phakathi kwezinto ezikhoyo, umntu yi-enigma. Sonke isidalwa sinokuxhomekeka kuwo ukuba senze ngokwemvelo yaso, ngaphandle komntu. Akunakuthethwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba umntu uza kwenza ntoni okanye angazukwenza. Akukho mda unokubekwa ekuphakameni kwakhe ukuphakama kwenkqutyana, kwaye akukho rhamncwa linokuntywila kubunzulu beempawu ezimbi zomntu. Unobubele nemfesane; Unobuqhophololo nongenanceba. Unothando kwaye ubacingele abanye; Ukanti uyithiyile kwaye inenkohliso. Indoda ngumhlobo kunye notshaba, kuye nakummelwane wakhe. Ukuzilahla okonwaba, uya kusebenzisa amandla akhe ukukhulula ububi kunye neengxaki zabanye, kodwa akukho zidemon zenkolo zingenakuthelekiswa nokuzithemba komntu.

Ukufumana isiqalo esibuhlungu ngokudana kobuhlungu kunye nokuzimela isizukulwana kuye kwesinye isizukulwane nakwiminyaka ngeminyaka ngokuzama okungagungqiyo, umntu wakhe impucuko enkulu-aze ayitshabalalise. Ukusebenza ngamaxesha okulibala okumnyama uyaphuma kancinci aze aphakamise enye impucuko-leyo, ngokufanayo. Kwaye rhoqo njengoko edala uyabhubhisa. Ngoba? Kuba akayikhuphi imfumba azazise ngesiquma sakhe. Utsala amanzi anzongonzongo angazinzisi kunye namaqondo aphezulu angafumani ndawo ngaphakathi ukuze awenze umhlaba kwakhona kwaye enze isibhakabhaka, kodwa uyawa oyisiwe nakulo naliphi na ilinge lokuzama ukungena kwindawo yakhe yangaphakathi; Kulula kuye ukuba adilize iintaba, akhe nemizi. Ezi zinto uyazibona kwaye uyazisingatha. Kodwa akakwazi ukucinga ngendlela yakhe eya kuYe ngokwakhe, njengoko enokucinga ukuba angayakha njani indlela ngokusebenzisa ihlathi okanye kumjelo wentaba okanye ujikeleze umlambo.

Ukwazi ngaye, kunye nokuqhelana naye, kufuneka acinge. Akayiboni nayiphi na inkqubela xa izama ukucinga into ayiyo. Emva koko lixesha elibi kwaye yoyika ukujonga kwinqaba yokukhohlisa ade abe yedwa kunye nesiqu sakhe sexesha.

Uhlala kwiingcamango zakhe kwaye uyazilibala. Uyaqhubeka nokuzoba kuMfanekiso wakhe ongaziwayo imifanekiso awakha kuyo, iintsikelelo kunye nesibetho azisasaza kwilizwe liphela; kwaye uyaqhubeka nokwenza inkohliso ebonakala iyinyani kwaye azingqonge nayo. Endaweni yokujongana nomsebenzi owoyikisayo nokusombulula i-enigma, umntu uzama ukubaleka, abalekele kuye kwimisebenzi yehlabathi, kwaye uyayenza ishishini lakhe ukudala nokutshabalalisa.

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