21 Aug

Sometimes

Sometimes. Sometimes we’re direct about what we want. You hold my face and remind me that life is perfectly insane and that’s okay, we’re okay. It doesn’t matter if the world thinks that we’re completely stupid for surrendering to each other. Sometimes we’re not direct, sometimes our affection is limited to high fives and...
24 Jul

Drink : Daniel

you manage to do enough. you always know how to make me swallow my words in one go. you're the only thing I've ever found comfort in. if my liver were to ever betray me, I pray that it only remembers the sensation of you filling it. I'm appreciative of how my hand falls...
26 Jun

The Talk : Daniel

hi. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to go about this, but I feel like having this conversation with you is better, so I’ll just talk. I want to ask you so much, I just, don’t know where to start. you hurt me. you hurt us, yet when we flip through the pages you...
29 May

Dear African Child – Daniel

Dear African Child do you not see, your skin is gold unga cabanga ukuthi your culture will ever grow old. bask your soul in the morula sun until you sweat away this fear. strip your mind from inferiority & hang your heart dry from crocodile tears. dear African Child do you remember? the simpler...
01 May

Trip Down Soulful Lanes : Daniel

your face reminded me of a sunny summer morning that I looked forward to waking to. it gave me hope and assurance that the beauty in forever can only be found in sight of your face blossoming into heaven. the sound of your voice calls to mind the sensation I first felt when you...
03 Apr

Note 245 : Daniel

Note 245 when we’re old and grey and holding onto the million memory trails we’ve felt along the road of this lifetime, I want you to remember that it all started with a smile or 2. that it all kick started that day you wrapped yourself around my arm and found shelter on my...