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seethroughme Oct 2009
i will never leave you
i'll be in every taste on your tongue
each breath in your lungs
i'll be everywhere you've ever been
all the places you've never seen
because we wanted to taste and feel all things together
my absence will be like a second skin
a curse on you to think of me in everything
seethroughme Sep 2018
the wheel turns and turns
back to the beginning
change comes and goes
and we drown
while we’re singing
seethroughme Mar 2022
alles
wat ek nog ooit
wou gehad het
het klaar deur my
vingers gevloei

alles
waarvoor ek nog ooit
gevra het
is gekry
en voor gebloei

alles
wat ek nog ooit
gegee is
se waarde het aanhou
groei

al wat ek kan sê is
dankie
soos die lewe
deur my gloei
seethroughme Mar 2022
i no longer fear
you
so now i can love
you
for the savage
exquisite
beast
that you are
seethroughme Nov 2009
all the blood and violence
awakened ferocious appetite for life
a bright gleaming hunger
on the edge of the knife
every moment a juicy morsel
born from strife
seethroughme Mar 2010
lazy fly on my leg
beer brain and belly
turning on a bed
of cool cotton sheets
golden sunlight
envelops my head
saturday afternoon nap
i smiled as i slept
seethroughme Oct 2009
beautiful brown man
i wish i can
kiss your eyelids
and hold your hands
against my skin
to feel the brands
the maps to learn me
so, brown man?
seethroughme Nov 2018
water hardloop
teen die berg
se rug
af
alles is
grys en blou
die klippe onder my voete
die koepel wat oor ons vou
daar is geen begin en geen einde nie
seethroughme Apr 2022
trek jou kos uit
die modder
druk jou wortels
donkerdiep
suig jou lewe
uit die lig
reik jou takke
tot die bloue niet

drink alles om jou in
en draai dit tot groei
rig jou gesig na die son
tot jy bot en bloei

dis hier waar jy staan
tot hier het jy gekom
hier is ‘n kans
‘n plek om te blom
seethroughme Dec 2022
party van ons
sit buite tyd
sweef bo die pad
wat net een kant toe kyk

party van ons
sien sirkel pleks van lyn
leef die ewige siklus
sonder om te kwyn
seethroughme Dec 2009
sometimes the truth
sits in the choosing
and not the choice
that’s made
sometimes the pain
is not the losing
but the loss of days
seethroughme Nov 2009
here i stand
naked
unashamed
no longer afraid
i am open
splayed
so that you may look
into my darkest shadows
and see
me

here i stand
nothing you wish
to know will remain hidden
i show you all
even what i can't see

and you choose to be blind
seethroughme Oct 2009
crawl, you *******
creep under your rock
and go **** yourself
i hate what you are
what you've made me
cut
seethroughme Sep 2018
cut
it’s an exercise in futility
cut your losses
before it’s too late
scrape the leftovers
off the plate
seethroughme Oct 2009
if only
there was anger
to focus
as my blade
i'd cut your hands and tongue off
to spare myself
the pain
seethroughme Jun 2019
wieg
onder
die aanslag
dit word
‘n dans
bly op
jou voete
gee jou lyf
kans
om te wieg
onder die aanslag
om te
bly
staan
seethroughme May 2022
i’ve known you longer than i haven’t

the weight
of time
is lighter
as we carry it
together

our bond
is not
a chain
it’s a light
strong tether
seethroughme Jul 2021
verweef
deur die dreuning
van reuse masjiene
‘n flikkerende stroom

hierdie oes
is die wieg
van volgende jaar
se droom
#
woven
through the rumble
of giant machines
a flickering stream

this harvest
is the cradle
of next year’s
dream
een gedig, twee tale
one poem, two languages
seethroughme Dec 2018
‘n miljoen bome
se asems beur op
in ‘n groen waas
teen die dwang
van bruin lug
se gewig
seethroughme Nov 2009
sy wil iets beteken
nie iets hê
of word
of kry
of raak nie

nie nut
of hulp
of help
of raad nie

sy wil net iets beteken
wat sy nie in haarself maak nie
seethroughme Oct 2009
bleeding out
onto your floor
you tore
the wound
when you slammed
the door
i'm all empty
i don't feel
cold anymore
as i look
at my love
thicken to rot
with the rest
of the gore
weeping for
what used to be
so much
more
seethroughme Jun 2021
ons klou aan hoop
soos aan die flarde
van ‘n brandende skip
in ‘n yskoue see
seethroughme Oct 2009
your eyes look bleached
as you stare
your glance running
along the puzzlecracks
into the dustfields
dancing on the
bone
dead
earth
seared and cauterised
no longer waiting
for rebirth
your eyes are bleached
with the eternal search
the agony of drought
seethroughme Oct 2009
duck and cover
drop and roll
stifle the
fire
that feeds the
soul
leave behind
hunger
in the echoing
hole
duck and cover
drop and roll
the flames are
smothered
just ash left
in the bowl
seethroughme Feb 2019
dans jy
jou duiwels uit?
bid jy
hulle reg?
sing jy
hulle aan die slaap?
sus jy
hulle gille weg?
of
voer jy hulle gif
tot jy hulle as wapens kan rig?
seethroughme Sep 2018
while i watch
you slowly die
i remember
how you
used to try
to scare me with bugs
when we were children
how we fought
and laughed
and set things on fire
eventually
we’ll all burn
on the funeral pyre
seethroughme Nov 2009
ek dryf in koperson
want wolke is te wit om op te trap
en blou lug te min om my te hou
ek dryf in illovo-stroop lig
wat om my vou
soos ‘n ma se hande wat skulp
om ‘n kind se huil
#afrikaans
seethroughme Jul 2021
ember waits
on the ice cold ground
no living flame
to bring light and sound

ember waits
for the dawn wind to come
to feed breath and tinder
so she may leap and run
seethroughme Oct 2009
epitaph
eulogy
i write
your life
for all to see
in four short lines
what could have been
sterilised existence
bones picked clean
seethroughme May 2022
ek is
‘n honger wese
my lyf verslind alles
wat kan verteer
my brein smag altyd
na meer en meer

niks is sover genoeg nie

my keel bly oop
ek drink diep en weer
aan die kelk  
van die lewe
‘n dors geles
is ‘n oop deur

na ‘n nuwe smagting

ek bly
‘n honger wese
my ewige lus
is die soetste geur
die beste sous
vir alles
wat ek so swaar leer
dis die poort
na dit wat ek begeer
seethroughme Oct 2009
disillusion
stings
and the echo
rings
in perpetual
anticipation
of inevitable
unreachable
expectation
we are human
and we will hurt
seethroughme Nov 2009
fleshmaiden
meateater
cannibal

swallow
the lifegiving
bone blood meat marrow
for
seethroughme Dec 2018
for
love and gifts
are for giving
forgive
seethroughme Feb 2010
i put the flame
to incense and oils and candles
cigarettes and all manner of other offerings
the remains of a thousand departed essences
linger in the light of still  flickering flames
through the fire
we are set free
seethroughme Mar 2019
soms breek ‘n hart
oop
wat binne was
bloei  uit
deur skeure en krake
wat buite wag
skiet wortel
in diep vars gate
‘n gebroke hart is
‘n vrugbare plek
plant versigtig
gee mooi water
seethroughme Oct 2009
stripping
skin and flesh off bone
i cling to life
and hide alone

my skeleton
hanging
in your closet
cover me up
and try to forget it
seethroughme Oct 2009
hangman
slipping
into the letternoose
of guessing
and grappling
with the riddletruth
seethroughme Jun 2021
sewentien kraaie
krys oor my kop
sirkel en duik
sweef
bo die volop
van laatmiddagherfs

iewers in die veld
lê ‘n karkas en vrot
die ontbinding van een
vul die ander se krop
hok
seethroughme Dec 2018
hok
ek wil jou uit my wese verdryf
my gedagtes bevry van jou
my hart verlos uit die hok
waarin ek myself vir jou hou
seethroughme Jan 2022
let loose
the hounds
of the heart
let them howl
with abandon
let them hunt
in the night
let them hold
the boundaries
of the light
their bark is yours
and so is their bite
seethroughme Oct 2009
if luck exists
then so does fate
no choice
in who you love
and hate
and what is now
a moment too late
to fulfill the wish
to be insensate
seethroughme Nov 2009
i feel you
currents and electrical shivers
whisper against my palm
when i stroke the air
around your skin
you feel so gooooooood
seethroughme Dec 2018
the flaming torch
has turned to ash
i burned for you
not too long past
out of sight
not out of mind
but out of heart
is payment in kind
i hope you realise
what you’re denied
see now, fool
you were blind
seethroughme Oct 2009
inside skin
i let you in
to feel
the heat
i bring
you win
seethroughme Oct 2009
i scream in your stead
i'll take it away
until the pain is bled
from you
the wound healed
and scarred red
i'll take it
to spare you
i'll bleed instead
seethroughme Oct 2009
sweet decay
everything is
rotting away
slowly
as we sway
sedated
seduced
ever unsated
life and death
eternally mated
time wished away
is oxygen wasted
seethroughme Oct 2009
screaming
underneath
my breath
bleeding
underneath
my flesh
shell of meat
nothing left
seethroughme Nov 2009
good man
bad man
can be the same man
cruel man
kind man
can be one

stand freezing in the sun
the past can be undone
a life saved
and a smoking gun
seethroughme Oct 2009
seeing blind
hearing deaf
the louder you yell
the deeper my breath
seems to go
an endless pit
where all that you said
is left
because i don't
hear or see
you
anymore
you may as well
be
dead
seethroughme Jun 2021
ons staan
voor die sagte
donker
sluier
van die dood
die lewende skaduwee
skielik so groot
een vir een
gaan ons deur
na die onsienbare
deur die poort
die dunste membraan
die diepste doop
#afrikaans
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