The Pit Of Despair
My decisions are ready to slit my throat Just yesterday I was feeling skyscraper high Who knew I’d come crashing down like a faulty plane In this dark place, Where I’m faceless In this endless...
Tugging Nature, Touching the World
You belong deeply to yourself and I touched the earth with you. Through passage of time some may whither get lost in the wind as the sickle chips away at the deader self yet Every...
Fikile’s Letter: Blood (Part II)
Note: to read part I click here I hadn’t felt this nervous about going to Soweto since we were teenagers. Having called Lesedi after her shower, Nonto had persuaded me into calling David and requesting...
Lost and Finding
cigarettes stale. I coughed out the feeling of you as I exhaled, and found myself lost in a cloud of cigarette smoke that spelt out your name. messages in bottles. I drank it to the...
Final Piece
I think I’ve reached my end Not sure if I can call it writers block Creativity is at an all time low The process of growing has become slow Pictures don’t appear Words don’t form...
Say you will . . .
I wished upon a star that blew meteors of your spirit straight through my thoughtsHow do we explain the cosmic constellations beaming in my heart?The Jupiter sun circling the waves of my soul?I write words unknown...