THE PRESENT FUTURE
Classy was my daily desire Beauty to the eyes that behold it Pain was a disciplinary measure Trust like shattered glasses Pleasure was the sexual endpoint Sophisticated regret at last Betrayal hits the limelight of the era Success is measured by pretence Recognition is the reigning flamboyance Depression our new headache Secrecy is the biggest […]
BITTER TOUCH OF WAR
The sun no longer shine like it use to Nor does the moon provide light anymore Even the stars are scared So the beauty of nature stolen Barely can we tell the difference between day and night When it manages to rain all we see is flow of blood Brothers become murderers of their own […]
THE UNNAMED ONES
To the unnamed ones Whose story ended before it began A moment of pain or passion that burned That decision to never be yours to make Painlessly put away like it never mattered Forcefully ejected like an unrepentant debtor With bones shattered, to the bin it was sent And dreams intact to the Maker returned […]
FOR COLOURED GIRLS
Somewhere between beauty and Magic Somewhere between fierce and Mild Is a brown skin girl With thoughts unclear As to mankind’s emergence Of her Glow and awe Somewhere between wild and Wonder Somewhere between nature and fiction Is a Coloured girl with dreams so big Yearning for a platform in this world of ours Societal […]