22 Jan

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 nightmare Feeling more like a demon than an angel Heavens door has closed on me And with his devilish...
13 Jan

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 little piece lead to something greater the deeper into your mind I dug, the more beautiful it all became....
31 Dec

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 an address. I remember hearing a strange combination of grief and elation in this stranger’s voice upon learning who...
31 Dec

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 bottom, and found myself lost in a sea of dizzy, I found a letter that read something like “I...
31 Dec

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 My mind just went blank It seems like I keep writing the same pieces I took up poetry in...
31 Dec

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 to my vacant rooms in my castle of thorns,will you cut through them to savour what remains of the...