#johannesburg
‘n miljoen bome
se asems beur op
in ‘n groen waas
teen die dwang
van bruin lug
se gewig
Dec 22, 2018
Dec 22, 2018 at 10:54 AM UTC
Her Story
She was just a Village girl,
Forever counting the countless stars
in the hopes that her golden dream would shine
just as brght
But all my reality showed her
was a
Dull
Damp
And Diminishing hope
for any change,
See, She was just a Village girl,
Dreaming loud and proud of her
Golden Husband
But all reality showed her
was
Sipho next door
sipping on some smooth
Milk
so, She ran.
Passing surprised, suppressed
faces
until She reached the city of GOLD.
And for a change reality showed her something
GOLDEN.
She assumed too soon,
see, her Golden tiled floors
were dark tarred roads
Her Golden roof
was a CBD Bridge
Her Golden painted walls
were graffiti painted pillars
Her golden husband
Who was more dust than gold,
Picked her from the gravel,
Told her that she radiated beauty
that her chocolate skin put him in a constant chocolate high,
But soon that was all gone,
See, she was changing
Her skin went from purple to black even blue too
Her body di'composed
Each muscle swelling, aching, bruising
Her
golden husband
who was more dust than gold
turned into a brutal
being. Beating...Beating...her.
So she ran.
passing surprised suppressed faces until she returned home.
Nov 1, 2017
Nov 1, 2017 at 11:02 AM UTC
the sophiatown i live in:
is a place i call home
is where i come to from work
is a place riddled with crime
is where i'm proud to be from
is a place being renovated
is where i'm not far from means
is a place that gets frustrated
by the westbury fiends
the sophiatown i read about:
is a place void of silence
is where bra hugh got his trumpet
is a place full of vibrance
is where miriam caught hold of it
is a place that was razed
is where a new place was born
is a place that couldn't be fazed
by the lines that were drawn
the sophiatown i love:
is a place that i live in
is where i've chosen to stay
is a place that i read about
is where that won't go away
is a place that's still here
is where apartheid escaped
is a place made austere
by the forces it shaped
the sophiatown that inspires me:
is very triumphant
is very intact
so what was your reason
for doing that
Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 6:26 PM UTC