“Stages of Grief: Acceptance, is a piece I wrote a while back when my Dani died. It’s a piece that tries to dissociate from the pain of grieving, through appreciating some of the fond memories that defined parts of our relationship. It’s a small tribute to the woman I called my grandma.” STAGES OF GRIEF: … Continue reading STAGES OF GRIEF: ACCEPTANCE
Longing
FAMILY MATRIARCH
FAMILY MATRIARCH One of the things worse about grief;Is how empty it leaves you feeling;The changes contemplated;The memories left behind;And the more I could have done; Last of your generation;And the one who kept it all together;What happens now when you are gone;And people fall apart?You are the glue that kept us together through your … Continue reading FAMILY MATRIARCH
LETTERS TO OLUDHE (62)
LETTERS TO OLUDHE Healing at times,Doesn’t mean letting go,Because we don’t want to let go;And there’s really nothing to heal from;At times it means being okay;Adjusting;Finding grace;Seeing the beauty of what it was like to have her in your life;We are miles apart, but we are here,We are very present;And you know you will always … Continue reading LETTERS TO OLUDHE (62)
MAYBES, AND PART OF US ONCE DOING THIS LIFE THING TOGETHER
MAYBES, AND PART OF US ONCE DOING THIS LIFE THING TOGETHER Maybe in a different life,The intimacy we once shared,The closeness we once had,And the love we once showed;Will find its way between you and I, But we won’t keep longing for it,As if beauty could only be found;In each other;We are releasing with grace; … Continue reading MAYBES, AND PART OF US ONCE DOING THIS LIFE THING TOGETHER
DID YOU FEEL IT TOO?
DID YOU FEEL IT TOO? I don’t know when exactly it happened,But we got to a point,Where we stopped feeling what we wrote;The words became devoid of emotions,And it felt like we stopped searching for ways to express,All that we felt; Did you feel it too?When these words stopped carrying emotion;When the words became items … Continue reading DID YOU FEEL IT TOO?
YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS
YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS To have turned all this possible hurt,Into a deeper sense of love,Was the kind of beauty I found,While seeking grace; And that will always mean something;It will always be a guide;Through the different versions of this,That awaits all that will come before us; There are no … Continue reading YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS
OSIEPA
“I know what it was like for me; having a friend to your soul; it was beautiful, and I liked every moment of it.” This is bits of what it meant to have you in my life, and I would do it over and over again, countless times, across different lifetimes. OSIEPA I can’t imagine … Continue reading OSIEPA
SEEKING ACCEPTANCE
SEEKING ACCEPTANCE What scares me,And hurts me,Is how much I’ll crave and miss you,Once you are gone;And once you can no longer be mine. TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART LOVE & PAIN
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
WE LIVED THROUGH THIS PAIN
“We Lived Through This Pain,” is a lot about finally letting go of an attachment that you had held on to for so long, and in the process had broken you; not only because you held on for so long, but also because it ended with you being heartbroken. This piece is about finally coming … Continue reading WE LIVED THROUGH THIS PAIN
Oganga Mangiti 