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farai-engelbrecht
farai-engelbrecht
altered and burdened by time & new memories.
this world is cruel and relentless and doesn't care whether you're emotionally Stable or not Humans grow into bitterness And regret like there's is a Predisposed mould of nostalgia Waiting for us all at 65 I don't want that. I want you to resent growing up and I want you to resent becoming mature. there are only beasts in the form of emotions that wait for you there, emotions so tampered and recycled that they have convinced the world that god doesn't exist and that hearts made of concrete are better than hearts made of unforgiving love they only want to lie to you because they don't want you to feel
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Oct 8, 2014
Oct 8, 2014 at 6:35 PM UTC
Cynic
(you are the frost that gently spreads across the corners of my windows, like grape branches in a vineyard all stretching towards the sunset in unison, you are a miracle and you are a phenomenon, but you are too fragile and beautiful for me to touch. You are my morning cigarette and you are the reason I pray. You are the atmospheric Jazz music that fills up the souls of men who spend countless nights trying to forget about love. You are undeniably palpable. Darling, you are a woman, the universe is constantly in awe of you.)
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Sep 4, 2014
Sep 4, 2014 at 6:12 PM UTC
you exist in everything around me
I belong to you whether you like it or not. ever since that celestial night we spent together reminiscing about how broken we both are but not the kind of broken that people are afraid to touch, or the kind of broken that can be seen on the surface, the kind of broken that comes with giving your heart willingly into hands that tremble and shake whenever they hear the word 'commitment' what was it about your touch that made me forget every dark and protruding insecurity that paid rent in my heart Was it the way the corner of your eyes wrinkled every time you blessed this world with your forgiving smile was it the way your laugh sounded like every one of my favourite songs perfectly in unison was it the way I finally understood what home meant when you grabbed me by the shoulders and told me that I am a song worth being sung from rooftops Was it the way I romanticized the idea of us, two dismantled antiques on a dusty floor, neglected and unappreciated, falling in love with each other maybe. I'm not sure if you're 'the one' but I am undoubtedly sure of the way I wish I could replay moments we've shared over and over and over again and maybe some how download the first time you ever uttered 'I love you' onto my retinas I am sure of my devotion to you and how it is synonymous with how the moon will never give up on the sun, how the bees will never give up on daisies and how we will never give up on each other I am broken and I am mangled and I am terribly sorry but I am also blossoming with love and the burning urge to finally define 'forever' with you, if you'd let me.
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 2:43 PM UTC
I O U Eternity
I belong to you whether you like it or not. ever since that celestial night we spent together reminiscing about how broken we both are but not the kind of broken that people are afraid to touch, or the kind of broken that can be seen on the surface, the kind of broken that comes with giving your heart willingly into hands that tremble and shake whenever they hear the word 'commitment' what was it about your touch that made me forget every dark and protruding insecurity that paid rent in my heart Was it the way the corner of your eyes wrinkled every time you blessed this world with your forgiving smile was it the way your laugh sounded like every one of my favourite songs perfectly in unison was it the way I finally understood what home meant when you grabbed me by the shoulders and told me that I am a song worth being sung from rooftops Was it the way I romanticized the idea of us, two dismantled antiques on a dusty floor, neglected and unappreciated, falling in love with each other maybe. I'm not sure if you're 'the one' but I am undoubtedly sure of the way I wish I could replay moments we've shared over and over and over again and maybe some how download the first time you ever uttered 'I love you' onto my retinas I am sure of my devotion to you and how it is synonymous with how the moon will never give up on the sun, how the bees will never give up on daisies and how we will never give up on each other I am broken and I am mangled and I am terribly sorry but I am also blossoming with love and the burning urge to finally define 'forever' with you, if you'd let me.
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The first time you Said hello, I didn't know whether To freeze at the fact That you were acknowledging my existence Or to freeze at the ******* fact That YOU were acknowledging my existence. She was a writer and I fall inlove **** easily. Her metaphors, similes, sonnets on Sunday mornings. but she never wrote about me "I loved you (past tense) but you never quite loved me" Concrete would crack and grow old before you ever admitted that you needed me and at the time I didn't think much of it Because my mind Was 3 years ahead, contemplating on which apartment we should call "Ours", but I should've seen the signs and listened to my fragile but accurate heart. I chose not to, Because who would? (Nothing good ever comes from listening to the voice Inside your chest) This poem is about you, but it is also not about you. Because if I leave you under the impression that it's meant for somebody else, I might be able to salvage my barley-breathing pride Or I could swallow it. In hopes that it doesn't claw it's Way out of my mouth And whisper the words 'I still love you' That would be awful.
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Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 7:29 PM UTC
what was vs what is
I would laugh every morning At how the right combination Of words would cause an ocean Of nostalgia, big enough for me To drown in. Simple sentences like 'I miss you' made me nostalgically homesick Only now my home had two legs, a heartbeat of her own and called me 'baby' Sentences like 'I love you'... Sentences like 'I love you' only seemed to create an earthquake inside my chest. and when the earthquake had settled there were always whispers of 'I love you more'
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Oct 13, 2013
Oct 13, 2013 at 4:08 PM UTC
The ache of nostalgia
Don't believe the facists Please please please Don't believe the facists. born innocent, this life corrupts you from the inside out "You're free" Am I? My thoughts and aspirations, are laughed at My hopes and dreams, chained and suppressed by text books and qualified education Help How can I be different on a planet refusing any change Ignorant humans, this isn't life
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Sep 23, 2013
Sep 23, 2013 at 6:55 PM UTC
12:54 AM
Mom, I remember my adolescents and how you consoled me when I cried when my father left I remember consoling you when you cried It's funny to think that you parent me with shoulders heavy with countless burdens and still smile day after day numb to the reality of pain how can I not love you.
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Sep 23, 2013
Sep 23, 2013 at 6:47 PM UTC
Mom
I wasn't the type to write everyday, or to get inspired easily. but I was the type to fall inlove each day. Not necessarily with people, but with the most simple & common things. The Smile of a stranger reminded me that the hearts of man were still kind. The warmth of the sun, on my face Each day, quietly whispered that things will be okay and finally, the shapes the clouds took on an overcast day insisted that there was beauty in sadness, in solitude. I honestly believe that I'll die In awe of this unappreciated world and that breaks my Heart
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Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM UTC
Please open your eyes
I can't live with the thought of having you or loving you. Once bitten, twice shy, the fragile are always hesitant & I'm sorry
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Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 2013 at 1:31 PM UTC
Pt 1
I barely know you. I don't know your favourite colour or how you like your coffee On a cold morning, I don't know a thing about who you loved, or who loved you I know none of these things. but I do know your heart, your soul; you intrigued me like a new book in the winter, Darling
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Aug 2, 2013
Aug 2, 2013 at 2:47 PM UTC
I know nothing