Writings from the Heart 369

24/01/2026

Dear Reader.

This poem was written in 2020, published in Echoes of Gqeberha.
Still applicable.
Unfortunately.

Born in the shadow of a pandemic, when livelihoods collapsed and “resilience” became a polite way of saying survive without support.

It named the pothole then.
Today, the road is worse.
Electricity cuts.
Water cuts.

Entrepreneurs expected to perform miracles in a system held together with theft, slogans, and selective amnesia.
Solutions are announced by the same hands that broke the machinery, and we’re told to trust the process—again.

TRIGGER WARNING

The pandemic is a huge pothole
On the highways of our life
The cause of global unemployment
And severe financial strife

Entrepreneurs
are daily challenged
To perform impossible,
magical feats

Because 'leaders'
are corrupt in the dealings
And shamelessly
steal and cheat

A Universal Basic Income
Is their solution
to our woes

But looking at
their poor track record

We'll just see how
That plan goes...
And so it is
Heidi Hahn





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31/12/2025

01/11/2025

Dear Reader

"Why do I like and share my own posts"?
Because I've learned that you have to clap the loudest and cheer first, for yourself.
The rest, is a bonus.

It's not vanity, it's belief in yourself and your purpose.
It's personal.❤
And so it is.
Heidi Hahn

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