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 Jun 2015 Manqoba
mzwai
Penance (1)
 Jun 2015 Manqoba
mzwai
The tide is back in my head again.
The bottles are full, the floor is still an ocean,
And I am drunk-texting a future version of myself.
I'm telling myself about this certain type of forgiveness-
The version I tried to suppress everytime you couldn't accept it.
I gave you nothing for so long I thought you'd fall in love with at least re-opening the non-existent wounds,
And now here you are painting scars upon them and showing them to me,
And I don't know what to do and,
I'll never know what to do but,
This is where it ends,
Yes,
This is how I leave you.

The tide is back in my head again.
- I only leave you when the room is spinning.
My head is a confession booth and its like you're sinning on purpose.
Continually hurting yourself or someone else so that you can come into my memories and
try and tell me about it without saying anything at all. (I only listen to you when you're not speaking.)
I started believing in ghosts when I saw apparitions of myself smiling without knowing you existed-
I once lived with a fear of death, prayed to be immortal and to keep on finding myself hungry to know more-
Now I find myself lucky to have a day where I care more about continuing and care less about remaining stationary.
Maybe I want you to feel the pain of a sunken ship only mimicking the illusion of a boat cast on waves it no longer wants or knows how to sail-
Maybe I want you to know how it feels like to love you.

The tide is back in my head again.
I created a soundtrack for all these recent nights and it just turned into the sound of your voice repeating the secrets I dont remember telling you.
There is a drawer in my room and I've filled it with something that both creates and destroys me because
you claimed you would do both but only ended up doing the latter.
One day I'll stop being haunted by things that can't actually touch me -
One day I'll find a bottle that won't have you at the bottom of it.
But for now I have nothing else.
So, I'm poisoning myself everynight and claiming that it is self-mortification.
I cannot forgive myself but,
I have no other outlet so,
This is where it ends,
Yes,
This is how I leave you.
 Feb 2015 Manqoba
samantha neal
I kissed you
and tasted alcohol
staining your lips

I didn't find this wrong
Or unusual
Or concerning

All I could think about
Was how I wanted to become
Something you were addicted to

I wanted to drip past your tongue
Pour down your throat
Bitter but enjoyed

Turn to me when you need comfort
Let me haze your mind to take away all pain
Blur your vision so you don't see what you don't want to

I can be your new intoxication.
 Feb 2015 Manqoba
Deenah
I'm floating in this vast bed
Of deep blue sea
And yet I can't swim.

I'm hanging from the this tall canopy
Of green and golden leaves
And yet I can't fly.

I'm buried in this narrow hole
Of dark brown soil
And yet I can't move.

I'm soaring in this open plain
Of weightless white air
And yet I don't know where I'm going.
It's all too much.
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
Pax
darkened soul
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
Pax

In my darkest days, I held you beneath my warmth.
You indulged me with your feverish hunger.
You embraced me with your piercing emotions.
You were immune to my changeable disease.

I came to a realization that you were my muse,
the best rainbow I received……….

You told me that I was part of your soul.
To me you’re the fuel to my rusty engine,
The energy to my thirsty being,
And the light of my darkened soul.


© Pax
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/willyampax/1031383/
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
IncadesentCat
They said no pulse
could match the pace of mine
but our two souls
beat in time
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
a h
Untitled
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
a h
i wish i was strong enough to hold both of our souls up simultaneously
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
a h
Untitled
 Dec 2014 Manqoba
a h
in the face of brokenness and darkness,
we all  have the magic within us to make miracles happen.
sometimes the miracle is getting out of bed and trying again.
sometimes the miracle is making it through another day.
sometimes it's simply that you stayed.
u got this buddy
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