24 Apr

10.08.15

I keep waiting for you to leave. I look for it, the look he has embedded in his eyes, the frown lines nailed to his forehead as if he constantly wonders why I’m his. I search for it in your touch: it being the absent loving touches he fails to bless my mother with,...
17 Apr

Women: The Art, The Oversimplification

A black woman cannot be over simplified, which is a repeated tendency of society which has become so ingrained in our living and thinking that it has become hard to identify. Through social and mass media or even through social interaction. A woman that embodies a vast number of elements that make her holistic...
17 Apr

Body Parts & Organs

My Eyes: spotted you My Heart: beat faster as you approached me Our Eyes: locked Your Mouth: whispered things in my ear. My Knees: went weak Our Hands: we once held Our Lips: locked My Lungs: short of air My Stomach: full of butterflies. My Heart: “You love him.” My Brain: “Be careful.” My...
10 Apr

Sunset Series: Content With Loneliness

  They say it is an abyss into which you want to fall only to reach the bottom and be blissed by whatever you find. Will I be at peace with the faults of this supposed being, When I cannot accpet my own. While my desire for jurisdiction over takes the covert to be...
10 Apr

Confessions Of A Broken Heart

Broken hearts, they never really heal Scars left behind, remind me of what was instead of what could’ve been I guess I should’ve seen the signs Now memories are all that’s left and they tend to fade away Betrayed by my heart, with the feelings of love They say that you have never experienced...
03 Apr

Fikile’s Letter (Part II & III)

Click to read part I My relationship with my parents was generally peaceful. I rarely stepped out of line and always brought home good grades. My father was often busy with work. He and I only spoke when I needed something or when he would ask me about sports that I didn’t care for...