Feint and Margin

I relax, have a cigarette, Inhale it’s toxic fumes, Have another whisky shot, There’s plenty more to come, Stay until last orders, Enjoy the company, The weekend’s nearly over, Have another drink on me. Spill another lie or two To entertain the troops, Crack another howler, See how low I can stoop, The depravity of [...]

I was put to rest with no head An abomination in the eyes of my ancestors Yet, those I left behind in this world won’t let me rest As I lay my neck on the chest of my ancestors All in search of a peaceful rest Countless blood in my name they shed All for [...]

There is an imprint of you in my womb. I don’t know whether you’ve been born or are yet to be conceived, but the footprints of who you can be, stride across my heart’s terrain.             So I give you this living will to inherit Freedom for your spirit: I want u to believe.                                                                                                                                                                                                           In a [...]

                                                                                        Yes! This is our land We are natives of this land We bear its blood Suffers its drought And fly its flag Yes we are! It was built with a blood And set-aside for that very blood Yes we are! But now here we are Bearers of the blood Begging in the land With [...]

I wonder if I should call them dreams. These stories that visit me when I sleep. A plethora of pictures in colour The alphabet of sight. Sound tattooed on my eyelids So I can hear with my pupils The voice of imagination. Here day meets night and they conceive A thousand seasons, All, versions of [...]

My mind restless My thoughts relentless I feel my spirit decaying so effortless My body melts into the madness I feel my heartbeats constrict As my mind rattles with conflict The pain on my face doesn’t even depict The pain my of heart that’s making me sick I often think of how I used to [...]

Because sacrifice is something that should not be forgotten, this is a moment to remember Sharpeville and why we have Human Rights Day… This poem is for those who left their homes On that fateful morn Only to return in a hearse With a tag on their toes. Who would’ve switched off the stove And [...]

I opened the door. Pain shot through my soul, The pain of loss, love, anger, Anger beyond grasp, Raw untamed anger, Eating away at my soul, Crushing my spirit, Destroying my life; It searches out the fear, The fear that destroys the heart, Fear that destroys the love, Raw, untamed fear. I closed the door. [...]

Monday morning has broken; another day to rush to the office. An hour in traffic coupled with the hot sun coming out at 8 am. In his air-conditioned car, sweat begins forming on his face In vain, he searches for  “Voltic” around him; he curses within.

Year’s rolls into decades As the bones of our forefathers decay with the hopes and dreams once upheld … Selfishness and greed feed on what is left Fame is now bestowed upon the confident thief who rob the souls of masses, of soothing dream We are free! So they say They sing words of sweetness [...]