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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
seethroughme Dec 2018
losgetorring
vasgespeld
daar is ’n onding
los in die veld
‘n ontmaakte gedierte
wat wag ek kyk
tot jou verweer
jou in die donker ontwyk
seethroughme Nov 2009
gun gas
splash float
****** ****
hate

blood red
bloat blue
death grey
pain true
seethroughme Sep 2018
it’s in the way
you move
seemingly soothed
by repetitive motion
flowing
from the notion
that everything is evermoving
nothing is ever still
#motion #move
seethroughme Mar 2022
kneel  breathless
in the temple
at the edge
of the vast
pool of insight

know nothing
be unshaped

you can be
the lens
and the light
the day
and the night
the shrine
and the worshipping
acolyte
of
seethroughme Nov 2018
of
die begin van die einde
of die einde van die begin?
gaan ons af loop
of aanhou klim?
gaan ons voort fok
of gaan ons besin?
leef ons in vrees
of gaan ons spring?
ons
seethroughme Nov 2018
ons
ek voel
vir jou
die begin
van liefde
ek voel
*** jy groei
in die punt van my hart
ek staan langs jou
en kyk diep
in die afgrond
en so staan ons
altyd
hand aan hand
#afrikaans
seethroughme Nov 2018
tussen
klein en groot
golwe en son
ek moes
ek sou
ek kon

en nou
staan ek
ontbloot
iewers
tussen
my en jou
seethroughme Jan 2019
onsekerheid en verwarring
verwek die behoefte
om te karring
te torring
aan die los garing
alles uitmekaar te trek
tot 'n naakte ontwaking
seethroughme May 2022
nóú is alles

dit verdwyn
of jy laat los of klou

glip deur
jou geheue as jy gryp
na die moes en sou

dis die vegeetbare rituele
die nietighede
wat ons op
ons voete hou

vou jou wasgoed
voer jou kinders
koester jou kleinood
onthou
om te onthou
seethroughme Nov 2009
i drink the poison
and i hope you die
bitterness soaks in
to become the lie
feeding
the decay we deny
seethroughme Oct 2009
laughter
love
and liquor (lick her!)
mischief
music
mirth
this is the best
recipe
for the fullest
life
lived

:)
seethroughme Oct 2009
for you
i’ll wear dresses
and be pretty
in every shade of pink
i’ll cross my legs
like a good girl
and pretend
that i’ll relinquish
because maybe, just maybe
this time
seethroughme Oct 2009
easy to laugh
and loudly, at that
throwing
my head
all the way back
deep
from my belly
eternally glad
to laugh
so easily
to roar
at the sad
seethroughme Dec 2021
hier sit ons
drietjies
op die stoep
die dag sal kom
wat ons moet groet
maar vir nou
bak ons saam
in die warm gloed
van ‘n somermiddag

die koel wind is soet
ons lywe klop vol bloed
my harte, skep moed
waar ons saam sit
bly die lewe goed
seethroughme Dec 2009
satiate
the need
hoard
for the day
of freedom
seethroughme Oct 2009
i think about you
and all the seconds
i would’ve called mine
slip quietly
into the bottle of time
you carry in your pocket
see
seethroughme Sep 2018
see
just average
until you see
behind the eyes
where the lurking
watching
clawing
hides
seethroughme Dec 2018
closure
doesn’t bring relief
i still feel you
should i grieve?
for what we were
or would have been?
you draw me in
let’s rebegin?

i probably should be
less broken-hearted
but it has ended
as it started
i saw the signs
and chose to ignore them
separation
bittersweet mourning
seethroughme Sep 2018
the signs
are mine
to read
encrypted
with rhymes
and reason
prepackaged
expected
man is man is man
seethroughme Mar 2010
we carry scars
and marks
imperfections of pigment
warped bones
and fragmenting knees
we feel the weather
in our old injuries
if you play
you inevitably bleed
seethroughme Oct 2009
siren
for you
shivering
as you see
through
thin cloth
to my skin
silk
on my tongue
as i breathe
you in
seethroughme Nov 2009
two million flowers
for one pound of honey
we give so many hours
to be slaves to the money
seethroughme Aug 2022
fyntjies fyntjies
dans op ‘n lem
hou die pyn
uit jou stem

liggies liggies
oor donker water
dobber vlak bo-op
sink saggies later

en dan

duik diep
deur die duister fluweel
van die sagte nagsee
gaan terug  na wat jy is
swem deur die seer

anderkant die doop
sal alles dieselfde wees
behalwe jy

blaas jou eie vlam  
smee  jouself vry
seethroughme Mar 2019
die snykant
van die liefde
is so dun
dit glip
ongesiend tussenin
die fynste lem
kerf die diepste
wond
los ‘n dooie letsel
word seer gesond
seethroughme Jul 2021
die son
streel winterlig
teen brose
grashalms op
‘n goue lem
geslyp op
die yswind
se strop
seethroughme Sep 2022
glimmende
harde wit lig
rol polsend
waar die grond
voor die lug swig
seethroughme Oct 2009
a little sordid
a little seedy
a little ****** up
a little needy
i could hate you
for being
so like me
but i love
the reflection
you've made
me see
seethroughme Dec 2009
stepping through
to the simplicity
that lies beyond
what is called
intricate
between me
and the layers of you
seethroughme Oct 2009
bile bubbling
from my maw
i spit your pain
forcing the saw
across
my veins
i will
bite and claw
leave
you raw
i hope that hurts as much as i do
seethroughme Oct 2009
where there’s foo
there’s fire
you bring the flame
i breathe your skin
and sing your name
my heart is broken
and  you’re to blame
seethroughme Oct 2009
i am
the daytime
devil
i walk
in the light
of your mind
you will never
see me
i live
in the whiteblind
that you thought
to be
so pure
the burning twin
of darkness
is on this side
of the door
to strip away
your eyelids
to force you
to see
more
seethroughme Oct 2009
if you are
fearless
you can fight
for many
if you are
angry
you don't feel
pain
if you are
willing
to be all
and any
a whisper of you
will always
remain
seethroughme Oct 2009
struggling to breathe
as you brace for the battle
it's easier than it seems
to make yourself chattel
to be traded and sold
for profit and pleasure
to exchange your soul
for a lesser treasure
whether you stand and fight
will be the measure
of you
seethroughme Oct 2009
fierce goddess
i am
the maw
of the world
i feed
as you regress
to what you are
just bone and blood and flesh
delicious meat
for your fierce goddess
alive
as i eat you
never allowed
the peace of death
seethroughme Oct 2009
Moon
is just
a sliver
a cup
of light
in Sky
all shades
of blue
to
blindwhite
mooncurve
to cradle
my spine
seethroughme Jun 2022
as the world empties
of your icons and dreams
old, now, and dying
the actors you know on screen
the musicians and poets
that stitch up the scenes
of your life
flowing
ahead of you
in the stream
spirits blown forward
in the wind
seethroughme Oct 2009
tideslider
washes up
on the shore
forever leaving
on the wave of more
waxing and waning
never touching
ground
eternally waving
seethroughme Dec 2018
time was a moonbeam
trapped in the silver lace
at your bedroom window
seethroughme Dec 2009
slowly devoured
by this love
by thoughts
of the choice that never was
digested fodder
discarded too fast
forever left
in your unremembered
past
seethroughme Nov 2009
wind
with sand
grates
skin away
without the rain
in blue and gray
to wash
the blood
and pain
away
seethroughme Mar 2019
jy is vasbeslote
verbete
ek kan sien
dis moeilik
elke afgemete tree
weg van jou verlede
die boustof van jou hede
deurdrenk met die wete
dat hierdie jou regte pad is
vorentoe
seethroughme Apr 2010
skin polished
with oils, salt and husks
i gleam
with perfumed butters and musk
silken smooth flesh
like living warm honey
i languish
in the golden light of dusk
limbs naked
under silks and plush
i wait

i wait for you
seethroughme Oct 2009
waiting for a moment
of truth and touch and tongue
running outside atmosphere
being blood and young

would that we were open to
the touch and taste of what is true
and soft and hard against our skin
that is outside and in and in
seethroughme Oct 2009
stroke the wall
in a slow caress
if you want to
touch her
the flutter
of a see-through dress
against your cheek
seethroughme Dec 2018
jy wandel
deur my gedagtes
leun teen die muur
tussen wakker en slaap
en wag
vir my om te ontwaak
vir die sysagte oomblik
waar mure hulself onmaak
waar alles oopvou
waar ek alles inlaat
seethroughme Sep 2018
i used you
as a weapon
to beat myself
senseless
until all that was left was
meat
i made you my weapon
and i am sorry
seethroughme Jan 2022
jy is volbring
‘n groeiende
lewende
polsende
ding
swem uit
duik in
spartel los
en spring
gil of sing
dit wat jy kry
is dit wat jy bring
seethroughme Nov 2009
you can stretch
until your spine snaps
spreads apart
separates you
from earth
tears tendons
and flesh
the absurd
desire to leave
my feet
and grow
wings
seethroughme Dec 2009
disperse
containment defied
scatter yourself
as far and as wide as possible
without losing your mind
look back
and you will find your answer

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