Bubbles, bursts and blasts Of the purest, sweetest water Tumbling out from an effervescent spring Drenching the feet And soaking the jeans Of anyone standing close by, Reducing burdens Quenching fear Swelling freedom. He was increasingly becoming The kind of person Who ate hope for breakfast And drank deep throughout the night Of the joy He’d […]
Read more "Joy"Being a black bodyIn places of affluenceAnd convenienceDemandsThat one presents oneselfIn distinctive ways-Distinct from the riff-raffAnd the common criminalLest you find yourselfOn the wrong end ofPetty justice.To give off the wrong signal-A sweaty browAn ill fitting shirtLeisurely walking in a mallwithout a strongAn agenda-All these seemingly innocent thingsCan turn the most mundane of tasksInto a […]
Read more "Wrong Signal"Are theirs. Not yours. They are not mandatory for you to internalise Or agree with Or even come to terms with. Some have made up their minds long ago About who you are Even though you are still on the way to becoming. Your past choices are a gift to your present self And it […]
Read more "Other people’s estimates of you"The Name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. ~Proverbs 18:10 There is a Place where men can go To find refuge for their souls, Where we can shed the need to defend The cloth on which we have laid our lives, The land from which we […]
Read more "Safe"I used to dream of a reunion Of old companions I had once known; I would finally gain their admiration, And wave my credentials in their faces as evidence of my worth, Flex my muscles to dispel any ideas of weakness, And proudly rattle off my accomplishments as the final testament of my worth, A […]
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