Senator othandekayo,
Le leta imele eyokuqala kum-ukuvuma esidlangalaleni komgqatswa kaMongameli. Ndiziva ndiqhutywa kukunazisa ukuba kutheni ndiyibhala. Isizathu esinye kukuba kunokunceda ukuqokelela abanye abaxhasi; enye kukuba eli lelinye lala maxesha asisinyanzelo izizwe ezingazihoyiyo emngciphekweni wazo. Andizukuziqhelanisa neengxaki ezininzi esijamelene nazo, kodwa inye into endiqinisekile ngayo: eli thuba lokuzivelela kwesizwe (kunye nenguquko) alizukuphinda libuye kungekudala, kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba nguwe umntu oza kulithatha.
Ndingakuchazela iingcinga zam?
Ndiye ndancoma uSenator uClinton iminyaka. Ulwazi lwakhe lwalusoloko lubonakala ngathi luphelele; uthetha-thethwano ngengcali kwezopolitiko. Nangona kunjalo ndinyanzelekile kumgangatho wengqondo (ngokokubona kwam), umgqatswa. Bendingayikhathalelanga isini sakhe njengemvelaphi yokundithanda, kwaye incinci endiyikhathaleleyo isekwe kwinto yokuba akukho mfazi ukhululekileyo owakhe walawula eMelika. Ngabantu abalondolozayo kuphela okanye abatsha-centrist abavunyelweyo kulo mmandla. Kwaye andikhathali kakhulu ngohlanga lwakho. Bendingayi kukuxhasa ukuba ibikukuphela kwento obuya kuyinikela okanye kuba inokundenza ndizingce.
Ekucingeni ngononophelo malunga namandla omgqatswa, ndothuka ndakufika kwesi sigqibo silandelayo: ukongeza kubukrelekrele obunomdla, ukuthembeka kunye nobunyani obunqabileyo, ubonakalisa into engenanto yakwenza nobudala, amava, ubuhlanga okanye isini kwaye into andiyiboni kwabanye abaviwa. Into leyo yingcinga yoyilo edityaniswa nokuqaqamba kulingana nobulumko. Kubi kakhulu ukuba sinxulumana kuphela nezimvi kunye nokwaluphala. Okanye ukuba sibiza umbono ovuthayo naivete. Okanye ukuba sikholelwa ekubeni ubuqili kukuqonda. Okanye ukuba sihlala sigqibezela unyango olumiselweyo kumthi ngamnye owonakalisiweyo ehlathini ngelixa singahoyanga umhlaba onetyhefu owondlayo nowawujikelezileyo. Ubulumko sisipho; awunakho ukuyiqeqeshela, uyizuze njengelifa, uyifunde eklasini, okanye uyifumane kwindawo yokusebenza – ukufikelela kuyo kungakhuthaza ukufunyanwa kolwazi, kodwa hayi ubulumko.
Ndazibuza, ingaba eli lizwe lagqibela nini ukukhokelwa yinkokheli enjalo? Umntu othile ogama lakhe lokuziphatha lingavumelekanga? Ngaba ngumntu onenkalipho endaweni yamabhongo? Umntu ocinga ngokwenyani ngabemi belizwe lakhe njengathi, akunjalo? Umntu oqondayo ukuba kuya kuthatha ntoni ukunceda iMelika ukuba iqonde ubuhle bayo ngokuzithanda, yintoni ekufuneka ikhe ibekho emhlabeni?
Ikamva lethu livuthiwe, lityebe ngokuqatha ngamathuba alo. Ukutyhila uzuko lwelo kamva kuyakufuna umsebenzi onzima, kwaye abanye banokoyika ukuzalwa kwayo baya kwala ukwala umnqweno wabo wesibeleko.
Kubekho iinkokheli ezimbalwa zangaphambili kwixesha lethu elidlulileyo, kodwa nguwe indoda ngeli xesha.
Ngethamsanqa kuwe nakuthi.
UToni Morrison
