A YEAR OLDER; A LUCKY YEAR LOST; BUT WE MUST NEVER STOP NOR SETTLE Writing about 25,Will always be hard; 25 was our lucky number;But nothing that happened at 25 was lucky; We finally graduated,Dabbed a bit on work-life balance; But it was never enough,We always expected more; We lost our grandma and a bunch … Continue reading A YEAR OLDER; A LUCKY YEAR LOST; BUT WE MUST NEVER STOP NOR SETTLE
Beginnings
TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART
TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART I think I really pushed myself,To finish the poems, letters and stories in that collection; I gave my heart and soul to that book;And most importantly; I gave parts of me I didn’t even know I had; Whether the collection will be widely read;Or it will only be consumed by … Continue reading TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART
A LIFE OF COMMITMENTS
A LIFE OF COMMITMENTS My love language,Involves commitment, That’s why we believe in special humans,And commit to love; and the ones we love, That’s why we hold our dreams dear,And commit to chasing them, That’s why we seek ourselves out,And now commit to ourselves first. “Know thy path, and live it out to your last … Continue reading A LIFE OF COMMITMENTS
TO KNOW THYSELF
“To Know Thyself,” is a piece about wanting to come back into yourself and grow further from the being that you are morphing into. It looks at the journey that has led to this point in time; touching on the traumas that might have developed, as well as understanding what needs to be done moving … Continue reading TO KNOW THYSELF
A GOOD KIND OF DIFFERENT
A GOOD KIND OF DIFFERENT The music never stopped,Just the dance that changed; Now we move to our own rhythm,Like never before; These sounds,Now sound different; These moves;Our body moves like never before. LOVE & PAIN
TO OURSELVES
TO OURSELVES Here we are,After so long, Of giving so much of ourselves,To others; That we want to give,All that we have and could,To ourselves. LOVE & PAIN
A NEW DAWN
A NEW DAWN When you’ve been attached to someone;And things haven’t worked out;The only other option;Is detachment; You still have your life to live;You still have new people to meet;You still have more moments to experience,You still have life in you and love to give; When you’ve been heartbroken;It feels like your life has crashed;But … Continue reading A NEW DAWN
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FOUR For me,24 was all about being definite with our paths;It’s when everything around us;Demanded some clarity,In terms of the direction, we wanted our lives to take. LOVE & PAIN
OLIVES AND CHEESE
OLIVES AND CHEESE In those moments,All I did was write,And sit behind a computer, And that was enough;I was working, I was moving,Towards something with no particular destination. LOVE & PAIN
HEAVY & SMALLER
HEAVY & SMALLER I’m a lot more reclusive now,Scheming,Putting in the work; We wanted to see things differently,And that required a lot of introspection,A lot of fluidity in how we moved; I wasn’t cutting off friends,I wasn’t holding grudges or moving different;I think I just needed a lot of my own space, at least for … Continue reading HEAVY & SMALLER
Oganga Mangiti 