i once sat on my bedroom floor wondering if this was really it, if this was how i was meant to live the rest of my life, bobbing my head up and down to the distant voices and music in my head, crying myself to sleep every night like an endless loop, plastering a pseudo…… Continue reading REST
Sunshine
The sun will shine again Whether after dark nights Or rainfall Storms or blizzards As the sun rises, the birds will be out chirping Singing sweet melodies The flowers will bloom with the sun rise To say that the hard times are everlasting Is a mockery of the surety of a natural phenomenon For in…… Continue reading Sunshine
The Smell Of Sunday
Sundays smell like the bristles of the broom violently sweeping the dust that sits on your floors, Sundays smell like home cooked meals, church and fellowship all wrapped up in one, Sundays smell like baked pastries after Sunday service wondering where your mother went, And when you blink, there you are, holding the pestle, pounding…… Continue reading The Smell Of Sunday
Dreamer
Ever wandering mind Out to the unknown Another adventure about to unfoldA story to be foretold Dreamer!Out of body experience Limitless possibilities A world built from imagination An inexpensive trip to the futureJust allow your mind veer offDreamer!Dream on.If you dream it,You can have itIf you can see it,You can believe itDreamer!Dream on.Let your imagination…… Continue reading Dreamer
Marlene’s Dream
she’s like a lifeless doll, blank stare, who’s there? the world passes her by, she holds on to the little hope that she has left, one little move and she’s found out, she swears she’s not a victim, but her cuts are not just skin deep she swears she’s not a victim, but she’s always…… Continue reading Marlene’s Dream
SANITY
sanity? you want to have a discourse on sanity? how do you explain to a grieving mother that her child will never walk through the door the way he did when he left, how do you tell a child his father will never see his son’s drawing of their “picture-perfect” family, which of the above-mentioned…… Continue reading SANITY
Your Power
We walk through life carrying pain and hurt that others have inflicted on us. We feel entitled to carry the hurt and pain, we own the pain and hurt like an asset. This is so wrong. It is an injustice to our mind, body and soul. Whereas the people who inflicted this pain and hurt…… Continue reading Your Power
An Attempt To Feel Again: Ground Zero
they were hidden but didn’t know they were silenced, yet, they were feelings too abstract to explain, and the content of their character was too shallow to divulge, but make no mistake, as their queen mother I’m just as culpable, leaving no room for error, but plenty for resentment, if the tap-tapping of rain on…… Continue reading An Attempt To Feel Again: Ground Zero
Wrapped 🥂
The year 2022 is packing up, we are at the end of this chapter, I don’t know about you but for me and people close to me 2022 has been a roller coaster ride. A lot of bumps and stops, ups and downs but we survived the fierce ride. However the year went for you,…… Continue reading Wrapped 🥂
Writing To Exhale
when all else falls short, writing is a marvellous escape, poetry is elegance, beauty, wit and grace all wrapped up and baked in a beautiful pie, writing for me is healing, i could go on an adventure under the covers at night, and my mind races like a cheetah, when I write, i write to…… Continue reading Writing To Exhale
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