Umsesane kumnwe womsesane

UMnu. St. John ngutitshala odla umhlala-phantsi. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-62 ubudala, waqhathwa sisikolo sakhe sokuqala waza wabuyela emsebenzini. Ubukhulu becala wayesenza umsebenzi othile wokunyamekela indlu. Abantu abaninzi babenamathandabuzo athile ngenkqubo yesikolo. Baninzi abafundisi-ntsapho abanobuchule, ngoko kutheni uzikhathaza ngenye indoda endala ekwiminyaka yayo yama-60? Kodwa kungekudala, amathandabuzo abantu apheliswa. UMnu. St. John usebenza naye nabani na. Ucinga ngokukhawuleza kunye nobuciko obubalaseleyo. Idesika yakhe isoloko icwangcisiwe. Izinto azigcinayo zilebhile zize ziphawulwe kwincwadi yeerekhodi. Uhlala ekhumbuza abantu abaselula: "Molo, mfana, lixesha lokubuyisela incwadi obuyibolekile ngexesha lokugqibela." Inkumbulo yakhe nayo ilungile.

Kungekudala, umntu othile wafumanisa umkhondo. Into yokuqala eyenziwa nguMnu. St. John xa esiza eofisini yonke imihla kukusela amanzi. Emva koko ukhupha ibhotile encinane kwibrifkheyisi yakhe, agalele iyeza elizalise isandla emlonyeni, aze aphakamise intamo yakhe ukuze ahambise amanzi. Oogxa bakhe bakudala baqhelene noku. Yayingumkhwa ke lowo, kodwa ngoku wonke umntu uye wafumanisa ukuba emva kokuba engene e-ofisini, udla ngokusela amanzi kuqala, aze afowunele unkosikazi wakhe uLuna, ndinawo amayeza am ekhaya, ndicela undiphathele. Uye wafika uLuna eofisini emva kweyure, wabe enomsindo kancinci, wamnika iyeza ngokungenabubele, akakhathali. Wajonga umfazi wakhe ebusweni, hehe, wancuma wathi enkosi. ULuna wayenebala elincinane neenwele zakhe zomile.

Emva kokumbukela egqibezela iyeza, uLuna wajika wahamba engabulisanga kwabanye oogxa bakhe, ndamdlalisa: "Ungalibali ukuza neyeza kwixesha elizayo."

Ngesinye isihlandlo, ilanga lisakhanya ngokuqaqambileyo xa uSt. John wafowunela uLuna, kodwa kwimizuzu elishumi ebeke phantsi ifowuni, isibhakabhaka saguquguquka kwaye yaqalisa ukunetha ngoko nangoko. Xa uSt. John ejonge efestileni esoyika yaye efowunela ekhaya, akukho mntu uphendulayo. Wakhawleza wavula i closet wakhupha isandla ezakuphuma kodwa ucango lwavuleka kwathi gqi uLuna emnyango ethe nca elusu. UJohn weza kuye enentloni ezigqibeleleyo okomntwana owenze into embi. Xa uLuna wayeza kumnika, naye wathi: "Umoya olibalayo." Nangona uLuna wayemanzi te, wayesamjonge njengesiqhelo. Wacela uSt. John ukuba athathe iyeza ngaphambi kokuba ahambe. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, bobabini babekhathalelene yaye bethandana. Kuba banxiba umsesane ofanayo kwiminwe yabo yeringi. Lo msesane wakudala unabo iminyaka engama-40, udibanisa iintliziyo zabo kwaye uthembele kubo ngokusondeleyo!

Ulonwabo luthetha ukuba xa uthando luphela kwaye ubuso buguga, izandla ezikubambile ngaphandle kokuzisola zisekhona; intliziyo engajongi ngasemva isekuwe; uthando olungapholiyo iselulo olukufudumezayo.