Incwadzi ngalabo labahlanganiswa yiMvelo ngekutindza nekutindza

Inhlanhla inesandla lesimangalisako. Kuvamile kutsi lababili babonana kwekucala ngaphambi kwekutsi tindlela tabo tihlangane ngempela. Kwebuka lokudze, lapho kubonakala khona sifiso lesicacile sekusondzela, kukhuluma, kumema ekuhlanganyeleni — ngesikhatsi nobabili nisakhululekile. Kodvwa ngaleso sikhathi, tinhloni nekutetsa kuyanqoba. Licandza alikagadliwa, tindlela tiyahlukana, kodvwa inkumbulo yalokubuka ihlala ngaphakathi.

Kudlula iminyaka lesiphohlongo noma lesishiyagalolunye. Kutsi nje kuvuleka umnyango, impilo ibuyisela nidzibane, futsi etikhatsini tekuthula kwenteka kwati lokusheshako, lokugcwalisa inhliziyo. Konkhe ngaphakathi kumemelela kutsi akusiko kwenteka nje, kodvwa nyalo liciniso lemadvodza, kusaba noma timo tebantfu letinye tivimbela kukhuluma emavi lalula: «Ngiyakutsandza. Nginemizwa ngawe». Futsi futsi — kwehlukana iminyaka.

Kodvwa iMvelo iyatsandza tindzaba letiphelele. Ngesikhatsi singakhetsi kwekucala, ayisusi umuzwa — isinika litfuba futsi, futsi, futsi. Itawuphindza tigameko futsi inibuyisele kulomunye nalomunye kwaze kwaba nisusa kusaba futsi nente sincumo senu lesikhona.