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They Say that I’m Nothing, but I’m Something


Guest Poe Londeka Zondi

They say I’m poor,

They say I’m nothing.

They say I’m poor, and they say I’m nothing because I’ve got nothing to offer to any living soul.

I’ve got no money, no food, no child, no wife nor husband, and no home to go home to, that is because I’ve got no money.

But I say I’m blessed

I’m blessed because God told me so.

He loves me the same way he loves every life on earth. I’m blessed because I’m still alive.

I breathe the same air that rich men breathe,

I walk on the same ground that rich men walk . . . therefore  I am no different.

I am rich with life

I am rich with love

I’m rich with hope that one day they will see the beauty that God treasured in me because I am something indeed

Londeka Zondi is a 19-year-old from South Africa.

‘Homeless Jesus’ statute by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz.

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