Mbalenhle Hlakutsa

Sep 2

If I could have you back
for just one day,
I’d tell you all the things
I never did say…

I’d tell you I love you
and that I always will,
I’d tell you all my joys
even my little thrills.

I’d tell you my dreams
and sadness’s too,
I’d tell you my dark secrets
that you never knew…

I’d tell you about the love
deep in my heart,
I’d tell you of the day
I was torn apart…

I’d tell you how I miss you
and wish you were here,
I’d tell you everything
I hold so dear…

If I could have you back
for just one day,
I’d find a way
to continue the stay…
~

Sometimes the feeling of loss and grief can overtake you in a second, leaving tears streaming down your face. Sometimes, just by a smell, like the smell of lilacs floating through the air on a cool spring evening.

Just having a bad “Miss You Dad” day…
July 4th will be five years since he's been gone, it doesn't seem that long.

#memories #loss #grief

Mbalenhle Hlakutsa Sep 2

Out of sight, but never out of heart

I whispered, with hope that you'd be near.
Spoke softly, in reminder of how gentle you were.
Shouted, angry that you should be here.
Loud enough, hoping you'd hear my fear.
"One word, should make him turn"...
"Be quiet... So he can hear!"
Went silent, searching for where you might be.
Finally. You found me.
Colliding with my being,
Filling my heart, with could-have-beens.
Holding me tight with endless grief.
Maybe here,
I can hold my breath,
Maybe then,
I'd understand
That this is our new kind of love,
Maybe here, maybe then,
I'll learn to let go,
Maybe here, maybe then,
I'll be with you on the road.

H.P.Z

#grief #sad

Mbalenhle Hlakutsa Sep 2024

Our kind of love

The heavens will whisper to the sun and the sea,
" There's a new kind of love".
Angels will stop and stare, shocked how this came about.
We've summoned heaven all around,
True love has finally been found.
No more wondering how this came about,
Our souls no longer doubt

Mbalenhle Hlakutsa Sep 2024

Searching

I caught more than what you threw.
Already,
Long lost in you,
And you never knew.
Searching for love that could be true,
Finding pain that you went through.
Heart bruised,
With oozing wounds.
"I'll mend, if you let me through"

— The End —