And so, in the end it was love. The ceaseless rage, red and hot Curled in my chest. Leonene in its quiet, pouncing on A moment’s notice. And so hungry. So I rip him from limb to limb, Again and again. He understands nothing of rage nor womanhood. He is about to. Then in theContinue reading “On Female Rage”
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Love Poem #2
There is no need for more poetry, For my love is not a writer, And I am not a romantic. But if I’m alone, and the moon is hanging low, The words write themselves. A secret I love you, Etched into a journal a million times. One for every beat of your heart, One forContinue reading “Love Poem #2”
Love Poem #1
Then are we not the end, my love? For I love you more than stars love the night sky, Like the sun to the horizon, to you I come. You are the ground beneath my feet, ever solid, The shadow under my tenderest thoughts. A thousand years knows nothing of endurance Next to my eyesContinue reading “Love Poem #1”
Recollections of August
The wet dredges of August came and went,Hidden beneath the blink of an eye.This love was for you and I,Checkmate was currency, now all spent. Now November’s on the way out,And the leaves are falling.Freedom was desire, as I recall it,Summer was all of you, winter I will take without.
On New Beginnings
How do we anchor ourselves when we are truly unmoored from where we used to belong? I’m an international student in the United States. I grew up in Southern Africa, which is where I spent the entirety of my formative years and completed my education. Like many to come before me, pursuing higher education inContinue reading “On New Beginnings”
If this is the end
If this really is the endAnd you won’t be coming home,Then all of it is yours.The years, the friends, the tears.I can’t quite tell if I see you in everything I made this life of,Or if I made this life of everything I could see you in.But the point remains:You are the golden thread braidedContinue reading “If this is the end”
Another Life
Today, last year, it was all about us, And today, this year, it isn’t. We are not bearing the gifts you are waiting to receive, or giggling as we blow your balloons. They think they’re so lucky finding you, And they are. Anyone is lucky to have you, But you were ours first. For aContinue reading “Another Life”
The Heart’s Melody
I remember composing an album after a traumatic loss. I usually turn to my writing to touch the depths of despair, but this time I reached for the piano keys. My fingers stumbled over them, slow but steady, eventually finding a melody congruent to the tempo of my heart’s desires. It’s never been my favorite, butContinue reading “The Heart’s Melody”
The Zanzibar Hotel Excerpt
We’re lying in the hammocks, The night air is thin but warm. My drink pours all over my leg, leaving a sticky trail of sour juice. We’re laughing until we’re not. Drunken laughter grips my brain, Possessing my entire body. O glances over her drink, her body rocking the hammock. The lights fill the undersideContinue reading “The Zanzibar Hotel Excerpt”
Literary Musings 