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Jan 2021 · 233
Valhalla
Bongani Moyo Jan 2021
I.
I believe in the death of emotions,
Trust became an exercise to teach you how fickle hope can be.
How it takes your desires in the heat of the moment only to drown them in despair.


II.
This life is something else, i transitioned from one who thrives in midst of chaos to a man lost in the search of peace. Vulnerability being my only sin.

Confusion mocks my pride, inexperience stains my actions. Desires tell me to try again, but to what end?



III.
These thoughts push me close to the edge to confront the one thing i fear most in this chase:

Falling.

Either i dare to fly like Icarus or my destiny is to share drinks with the worst versions of myself in
Valhalla.


IV.
This is the last time I will grace these halls, its been a hell of a ride.
For once, even I drink to that.🍺


-Yours Formerly,
  The7thday
One more time. For the last time
Apr 2020 · 96
Dare to Reminisce
Bongani Moyo Apr 2020
Some times things are meant to happen once and once only.

No matter how much the artist craves to paint on a particular canvas he can never do it again.

It might haunt him, it might relieve him. But one thing i can guarantee is that he will day to reminisce
Apr 2020 · 257
Sistine Chapel of Lust
Bongani Moyo Apr 2020
Hands held and submissive breathing, walls taking, walls caving. No translation needed
Pride taken, tap left unopened

Here i am making the most of a something i can never have for myself.
Sistine chaples made on a canvas i might never touch again.
Some times things are meant to happen once and once only. No matter how much the artist craves to paint on a particular canvas he can never do it again.
It might haunt him, it might relieve him. But one thing i can guarantee is that he will day to reminisce.
Apr 2018 · 298
A Heros Death
Bongani Moyo Apr 2018
Just as heroes spend a lifetime dancing with the thing  the fear most ,
A noble death,
I dance with the idea of falling in love.
To have it is something I just might be ready for. You can never be sure
Mar 2018 · 370
Who Do You Write For?
Bongani Moyo Mar 2018
I write these quotes from time to time...
I write for those who believe in love but have never felt it first hand,
Those who believe in the intimacy of lust but have felt the roughness of young love.
I write for those who don't fit in because they seem to be two steps behind every one else.
I write for those who fight their insecurities with this pen.
I write for those who life has taught there's no true disappointment without hope.
I write for those who have demons so versatile, they doubt the trust of someone they call a friend.
I write these quotes for those who believe they are that bad example so others out there live a better life.


I am The 7eventh Day, one of these days I might just write for you.
Figuring out why I do this and who I do it for has me writing again
Mar 2018 · 282
Implosive
Bongani Moyo Mar 2018
when I'm at my worst,
my mind doesn't hesitate to remind me,
that I am nothing more,
than a collection of whispered prayers and Pyrrhic victories.
To win and not feel like winning at all is a greater disappointment than losing when you cared most.
Nov 2017 · 1.3k
Hindsight(?)
Bongani Moyo Nov 2017
Before love broke you,
Was it everything you dreamed it would be?
I've never been in love, hence why I wonder
Oct 2017 · 395
Rogue.
Bongani Moyo Oct 2017
I want you for the most selfish of reasons.
I should pull away, resist everything about you I find capturing
That what a good person would do...

But I lost my obsession with being a good person a long time ago
It's all about me now... didn't think it would get to this point. I'm thankful God has kept anyone worthy to be loved by me because I'm not right at the moment
Oct 2017 · 417
Right & Wrong
Bongani Moyo Oct 2017
I could make you fall for me,
But all I would be doing
Is teaching you how to fly
Just to clip your wings.
I want love for the most selfish of reasons. This is what I've become now.
Jul 2017 · 286
Hindsight.
Bongani Moyo Jul 2017
Tried to live my life,
but things always seem out of my control.
I tried to make sense of it all,
but my chaos would rather be personified than contained.
Jun 2017 · 598
Intent.
Bongani Moyo Jun 2017
Let me paint the room with your scent...
If these walls could talk,
Let them speak tales of how I had you catching your breath.
All I want to do right. All I'm missing is you.
May 2017 · 404
Prometheus
Bongani Moyo May 2017
Stole a laugh and a smile from you and it felt like when Prometheus stole fire from the gods.
Apr 2017 · 340
Rise
Bongani Moyo Apr 2017
Moon lit intentions as I come alive in the night time,
Sun shy with the actions when it comes to what really matters.

I rip myself apart in the hopes that something braver rises from the ashes.
We all go through this at times
Apr 2017 · 303
Perspective.
Bongani Moyo Apr 2017
Story Time

The girl with the beautiful laugh never ends up with the boy who secretly wishes to make her smile every day.

The End.
How many times should such continue to happen
Apr 2017 · 255
Eternal
Bongani Moyo Apr 2017
What is Good
What is Just
What you were
Remains Eternal in the hearts of those who are left behind.

I'll never forget you.
Rest in Peace to possibly the greatest man I'll ever know
Apr 2017 · 207
Simplicity.
Bongani Moyo Apr 2017
There's a simplicity to letting ourselves become what we fear most.

-B.R.M.
Apr 2017 · 232
Untitled
Bongani Moyo Apr 2017
I came to the understanding I'm suspended in a void of fear
Stuck in the paradox of knowing what I want but not having the heart to claim it for myself.

The idea of not being the only one in this predicament gives the idea of freedom while imprisoning my actions further.

"Free me" I whisper to my pride every night before I dream.
Coming to the realisation that I have more fears than I thought I did.
Mar 2017 · 484
Equifinality
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
In all of us trying to be different we all ended being the same.
Now what?
Mar 2017 · 264
House of Mirrors
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
Every day you wake up and see a different version of yourself in the mirror

Same days you survive, others you question your purpose.

Apparently I'm going to be around for a long time to find out which me was really worth it.
Self discovery has never seemed so self destructive
Mar 2017 · 432
Perception.
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
I used to sit and wonder why hurricanes were named after women,
After chasing this love thing for a while I'm starting to understand.

They can destroy everything in your path and still be the most beautiful thing you know.
If progress is to come. This is something I have to outgrow.
Quoting myself a bit here
Mar 2017 · 259
Potential
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
All this talk of people dying before they reached their potential,

Who am I to feel like I've been corrupted by mine?
Mar 2017 · 308
H & H
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
Tried to find your Wonder Woman,
Little did you know she would go from your heroine to you ******.
Mar 2017 · 348
Memory
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
It's been a while now,
I can't remember what it feels to have you wearing your impulses while you breathe on my neck

Can't remember what it feels to be the reason you need to catch your breath

Can't remember what you and your body taste like,in every respect

Can't remember but will I ever reminisce again with someone else?
Heroines and ******
Mar 2017 · 345
Perfect
Bongani Moyo Mar 2017
Looked past your flaws, I did.
Looked past your bad habits
Until I saw something perfect.
To this day I see no error about you.

But I don't want perfect anymore
I want what's real.
To tell the truth I should have gotten over you a long time ago.
Feb 2017 · 281
Unexpected.
Bongani Moyo Feb 2017
The point of it all was to not feel a **** thing.
But here you are
Here I am,
Here we are.
Stuck in a moment we both don't want to leave.
Feb 2017 · 521
AfterThought
Bongani Moyo Feb 2017
A smile that was created because of me and my ways,
Laughter that is not mine but is because of me,
A reflection of myself in someone else I really wish to see.

The one I'm destined to finally love; where could you be?
Good days we have yet we still find ourselves still craving the thing we really want most
Jan 2017 · 382
Intention
Bongani Moyo Jan 2017
She said,
Falling in love isn't the dream you think it is

Now I'm just stuck with thoughts of being everything in your Knightmares.
It's near impossible to understand something you haven't experienced.
Dec 2016 · 883
Monsters Under Your Bed
Bongani Moyo Dec 2016
The monsters under your bed didn't leave because you weren't scared of them any more,

They left because their job was to scare kids not one of their own.
How often do we find ourselves becoming the thing we resent?
A repost.
Dec 2016 · 231
Compromise.
Bongani Moyo Dec 2016
On the days I feel like you should shine more,
I'll bring my darkness.
- B.R.M.
Still figuring out if being selfless is my blessing or my curse.
Nov 2016 · 624
Admission
Bongani Moyo Nov 2016
I've killed myself a thousand times over with the things I've left unsaid.

Watching some of the things I've wanted most fall into the hands of another so many times I'm convinced it's part of the script.

My depth betrays me. My mind defeats me. But I know it's the only thing that will ever free me.
When you truly want something. Speak up.
Nov 2016 · 545
Something Missing
Bongani Moyo Nov 2016
I saw her again...
The one that could have shown me what love is.
The one who could have put some direction on my lost ship.

But as you know,
Every time I pick up this pen, it's to bleed ink.
When dark thoughts is all I ever think.

To cut the story short,
The ending appears to be tragic.
Don't quite know when I'll experience it but you're never really ready for it.
Oct 2016 · 213
Fragment
Bongani Moyo Oct 2016
"You don't have to look at something a million times to know it's beautiful, one look on its own should be more than enough."
Such words wasted on a person not worth falling for anymore.
Oct 2016 · 228
Understanding.
Bongani Moyo Oct 2016
I am.
I am rage.
I am pain.
I am strength.
I am perseverance.
I am determination.
I am procrastination.

I could be every thing I say I am.

But am I honest with myself all the time?

Only time can tell.....
But even time seems to escape me in my thoughts....
My...
Train of...
Thoughts at any point....
I write what I think. The rhyme comes on its own but may never come at all. Writing one piece at a time to figure why I can only write when my mind is where it should not be.

— The End —