iol.co.za
Death and calamity exist
to breach the unreachable walls built up around us.
like the crumbling of Lady Liberty’s twins
our arrogant towers would fall
leaving a hole devoid of petty prejudice
delivering us back to our original state
reminding us that we are only
human.
Here emoting into a pillow
that won’t hold me back
I didn’t need new
when I had you.
Ramble on,
copper crystals
drip from his lips
hold no weight.
I am silver and spun honey
a caramelized glazed piece in the wind
remember that.
Nails break,
I don’t.
How often must we
butt to head
Mind to ass
flank to nuts
cock to elbow
hip to toe
soul to shoulder
confront ourselves
in our past.
–Maya Angelou
caught in the undertow
of your absence
i wish
i didn’t feel
like this
Drums don’t beat. Hearts do. Hearts can’t break. Bones do. Bones don’t bend. Rivers do. Rivers don’t judge. People do. People don’t know how much I love you.
I do.
I love you like a hurricane
chlorine splashes
dirty blue
untold secrets in this dirty pool
his eyes stare
cold blooded
hands bare
touching there
his hands in her hair
helplessly i stare frozen to the stair
i feel our eyes touch
children need not see
the ugly truth that be
Tension so deep that the water sleeps
he leans into her more
the terrace shrinks
with chlorine splashes
he’s out
I don’t scream
stupid
why don’t i scream
they leave
count the stars to quiet your racing heart
the sky
the world
a salty sea splash of dirty blue
drowned with untold secrets
no no no
all i hear is screams
the knife
the bat
the gun
lay on the table
all i think of is the screaming
the knife thrust to the stomach
ripping, tearing
the swung to the torso
breaking, crushing
the gun shot
blood blood is on your hands
he slowly leans to the side
breathing his last breaths
my nightmares haunt
make them stop
it wasn’t me
please
You gunna help me out
I ont want no trouble
Juss trynna get by
You knoe.
Change?
The Poetry Corner 