17 Jul

Secrets – Part three

Click to read Part II “Everyone, please step away from the patient! Sir, I’ll need you to step aside.” “No! That’s my daughter!” “Yoh yoh yoh! Johnny, DO something! Ngwanaka hleng! Lerato, can you hear me? Ke Mama!” “Sir! We want to help your daughter but I’ll need you to step aside. What’s her...
17 Jul

06.06.16

06.06.16 I don’t remember what it’s like to not feel broken. To not feel the shards that are somehow holding me up slowly tearing at the rest of my being with each breath I take. To not have my mind filled with all the horrible thoughts you’ve induced in me about myself so much...
10 Jul

The Monster in Your Bed

You wasted your time looking for monsters under your bed, Not realising that they were brave enough to lie next to you instead. Fresh from his meeting with “the boys”, He comes home to kiss you on the forehead with lips that are tinted slightly red from another woman’s lipstick. He hugs you long...
10 Jul

Mrs Write: correct the unwritten

We’re too wrong. So wrong that we have tainted the fabric of humanity. I paused to find the stillness so I could look at this reality. Where I could spot every difference in your existence and place your body in a box, your soul in some chains, mind in some locks. Discard the locks...
03 Jul

Melanated

Does my confidence upset you? Is it the way my sun kissed skin sings the melody of beauty or the depth of my hips and the strength in my stride? Smooth is my texture. Warm is my touch. Beating is my heart. Does my confidence upset you? Desire drips from this cocoa dipped, chocolate...
03 Jul

A Heart That Loves

I fear that I won’t be missed And the reason for your happiness will seize to be me I fear that your one and only Will end up being one of many I fear that my love for you will never end And yours will Your life will continue without me And my heart...