I thought you were the one. The one who would love me And take care of my heart. Love denied once again. I still feel the pain, hurt, and suffering From past and present relationships. Where time and time and time again I exposed my mind, my heart, my sou...
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Finding Me?
A draft from last year. I'm now they/them, but I'm still finding me every day, so thought I'd share.Labels. There are so many labels now. And it's confusing And scary And amazing Because I finally know where I fit These didn't exist when we were all finding ourselves Though I paused finding myself to hide myself in the identities of others. We, not me....
Misanthrope
This is not an escape but enlightenment.The ocean has ears. It has heard me. I am a mermaid. Do not listen to my song As you will wallow in deep sorrow. I can't be with you. The cloud has eyes. It has seen me. I am a wanderer. Do not follow my path When you can't handle your wrath. I mustn't be...
That Moment
Elderly man uneasily recalls an incident from his youthJust that—a moment. Not a life resolving, world changing event. Trivial, you will think it. But for me, a just-turned-sixteen, raw, callow adolescent with little knowledge of the way of the world, it was a mind stirring, almost upsetting moment, recalled...
I Hate It When We Argue
I got the idea for this poem from a dream that woke me up in the middle of the night. Thankfully, it was only a dream!I hate it when we argue, it always ends the same. Both of us spit venom, as we try to place the blame. You scared me when we had that tiff, by storming out the door. You told me that you hate me, don’t love me anymore. Why can’t we just agree, to never sc...
Fuel Season 3: Episode 30 – The Main Event of Motorsport
With the biggest finale in sports entertainment around the corner, all bets are off...23rd of May – Season 3 AT NGELOSI CITY HALL Mandla wasn’t sure what he was going to say but he knew what he had say. He was currently sitting outside his father’s office in Ngelosi City Hall. There was no sound except the clicking of a keyboard as the Dep...
6th Street Stray
Hunger her only home.Born at night. Tossed at first chance. Alleyway to stoop. Hunger her only home. What is love? Or smiles to keep. Head hung low. Matted fur, Stumbes on. Frozen paws, In the falling snow. Brow eye girl. Born rich. No mothers love. Raised with whispers. Told...
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Fuel Season 3: Episode 29 – The Rivalry Diaries
As Touch Mkhize and Solo Magubane's rivalry heats up, one F-X reporter looks to follow the intensity...17th of May – Season 3 Dear Diary, For the past three years, people have told me that when I signed up to become an F-X reporter that I was flushing an otherwise promising career down the toilet. And who could blame them? Unlike my fellow resident reporte...
Fuel Season 3: Episode 28 – Anger In Absentia
Journey back as we find out what has been going on with the missing F-X racers.9th of May – Season 3 Temper hated this part. But he knew that it was necessary as he stood up in front of the anonymous group of people and prepared to speak. “My name is Themba Kunene and I am angry…” The session had gone on how it usually did which lef...
I can’t remember exactly when I first saw the factory. I know I always passed it on my walk to school. Even without looking at it, you were aware of its existence. For a start, there was the smell. Not a smell that is easy to describe, just a smell. It wa...
Fuel Season 3: Episode 27 – Requiem
After mocking her app, the 'Daughter of Divinity' looks to rid herself of the Koeks at great risk.2nd of May – Season 3 Devì was pissed. She was losing money and she knew why. It was the Koeks. They’d spread the rumors that the app didn’t work. That was the reason that she was currently sitting in her lawyer’s office, awaiting a response to her questi...
In an instant, without warning, a feeling of unrelenting suffocation drops in the pit of my stomach. An intense twisting and turning, swirling like a category five hurricane. My breath shortened, gasping, looking for a means of escaping this internal agon...
Drill Instructor Big Blunder
Drill Instructor Memory Laps Leads to Empty BunkWhile in Marine Corp ITR boot camp at Camp Pendleton, CA our platoon was on our full gear twenty-mile hike. We were drudging up a several hundred-yard dirt roadway puffing every step of the way when one of the platoon members, a "maggot" as we were referr...