August 2020

IMALI Ngumfuziselo wesonoAtsh’amagqobhok’ ukukutyibekaKodw’ixabiso lakho lingaphaya kokuqondaWonk’ubani ufunisela ngaweAbaninzi bangaphaya kwemidaInjongw’inye liqhosha lentunjaNeemvek’ezisebeleni zifund’ukuthetha ngaweUyintandokazi yehlabathiUmlisela nomthinjaneIinkonde kwananjaloKuyafuniselwa ngaweNothe wangcamla kwawakhw’amanziUphik’om’ath’akazang’akuboneKamb’uninzi lusemangcwabeniZaatenx’izimiloBamb’i bakreq’endlaleniBekhangel’ezinqunqay’iindlelaAbazali bashiy’iintsaphoBaselubhacweniIintsana zitshw’izijwiliEgameni… Read More »IMALI

UTHANDO Lungumthombo wobomiLuvisa kamandi lubuyeLuvise kabuhlunguLuvuselel’ izazelaLuyaphilisa kwayeLimkwanik’ithembaOke wangcamla kweyothand’ibhekileUyakumbona ngochwayit’olungumbizelaneImvuzemvuze enhambel phezulu bububeleLusisibane esikhanyisa enzonzobileni yolwandleKwiingxondorha ezoyikekayoNasentsunguzini yehlathiIziphoso zalo ziyishiy’ixhelekil’intliziyoUliv’ixhoba libhena ngelithiAndinakuze ndithande kwakhonaUmbuz’umil’awugungqiIngaba… Read More »UTHANDO

PROMISE IN A TRAGIC LAND ‘Why is Mum crying?’ Nick asked me as we lay in bed. We could hear my mother crying in the… Read More »PROMISE IN A TRAGIC LAND

1950 We’re on a silver beach with navy blue watersI can touch the milky way glittering between my fingerspast, present and future holding hands and… Read More »1950

Coloured kind I am a coloured kind the traditionless kind  the don’t fit in kind but still manage to fit in kind because I am… Read More »Coloured kind

The Stoep It is the 22nd of DecemberAnd it’s my birthday.My cousin throws the duvet off my sleeping body.“Staan op!” she yells.I groan and reach… Read More »The Stoep

Nothing Sacred The stale smell of sweat and Fire ‘n Ice cologne, for men, invaded my space bubble.I used to love that fragrance.His delicate face… Read More »Nothing Sacred

Segregation Sabotaged by a red robot. Our favourite stretch of road is coming up and if only we made this robot we would’ve made it… Read More »Segregation

Tears and Fears Come sit with me and close your eyes and breathe. Come breathe with me and open your mind and please. Please don’t… Read More »Tears and Fears

Black Lives Matter View this post on Instagram It blows my mind that Coloured people get offended by #BlackLivesMatter when Coloured males have the highest… Read More »Black Lives Matter