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Ek het die siek gewoonte om oog op te slaan
en die nagprag te aanskou met digters-oog
wat 'n ster van elke mens wil maak
en elkeen wil bekoor, maar
selfs al span ek al my mag in
is daar een ster hoog verhewe...

Daar sit die ster op 'n tuinstoel troon ,
oe betowerer deur die vuur
andag gestrek deur die ganse heelal
- orals behalwe hier,

waar ek soos 'n straatbrak honger kyk,
aan die voete van 'n ster
*** almal bietjie aandag eis
*** almal van jou kry
maar ek soos 'n een aand wonder
uitteer aan jou droewe stilswy

My slapelose nagte
maak my van die drome vry
want in realiteit, al kyk ek vir die sterre,
kyk hulle soms verby.
Roman Pavel Jul 2023
You’re charming, witty, and brave
You’re enchanting, magnetic, and strong
Everyone you encounter is saved
As your soul sings them a sultry song

You are beautiful
But, no one need tell you so
For your scent is suitable
To everyone you know

You’re intellectually apt
To the struggles of the world
And you keenly adapt
To the torments that’ve twirled

You’re humor makes my heart hum
As brevity being the essence of endearment
Telling jokes that end in “ Pa-Dum ***!”
Makes me spit out my spear mint. (Non-Paid advertising)


You’re enchanted ethics and magnetic morals
Inspire a life that’s dutiful
While your charming wisdom and witty orals
Makes you, always beautiful
#beautiful
Big Virge Mar 2020
Now It Seems That … NORMALITY ...  
Is Needing Some CLARITY ... !!!  
For Some Within The Family …  
That We Now Call …. " Humanity " ….  
  
But .....  
What Is That … EXACTLY … ?!?
  
When It Now Seems That VANITY ...  
Not Only ... FILLS Mentalities …  
But Seems To Make Most HAPPY ... !!!
  
So Is THAT … " NORMAL " … ?!?
  
When This CLEARLY Leads To … " shortfalls " … !!!
Where Normality Stalls And Fakeness' Draws …  
The Cards That Call For Time In Realms Where Sickness Dwells …  
In The Minds of Hoards Who Are … WAY OFF COURSE … !!!!!!!
  
SICKNESS of The Mind Is Now NORMAL To Kinds …
Who Cannot Decide How To Live Their Life … ???
  
Normality To Them ...  
Comes With … " PROBLEMS " … !!!!!  
  
And MANY Now Attempt …  
To Prove To Themselves That They're NOT Unwell … !!!  
  
It's Not Hard To Tell That Their Heads SWELL …  
With ... ABNORMAL Thoughts …  
That Show That Their Core …  
Is ... FAR FROM PURE … !!!!!
  
Normality And Purity …  
Embrace The Same … " SURELY " … ???
  
Well Maybe NOT ... Cos' NORMAL Bods …  
Who Choose To ROB ... Are Normally Locked …
With Those Whose Plots Felt Shots From COPS ... !!!!!  
  
So Is Your Job A … " NORMAL One " … ???
  
What Does That Mean … !!?!!
When Jobs Like The Police ...  
CLEARLY Indulge In … BRUTALITY ... !!!!!?!!!!!
  
Now Soldiers Are COLDER And Don't Rub Shoulders ...  
With Everyday Workers ... Their Work DEMANDS Fervour ... !!!  
That Deals With Blood ... ALL OVER Their Hands ...  
When VIOLENCE Floods Where Foreign Troops Land … !!!
  
AIN'T NOTHING NORMAL Bout' THAT ... !!!
  
And THAT'S Just FACT … !!!!!!!
  
Death Is NORMAL ...
****** Is NOT … !!!!!!
  
Thus …  
Dress That's FORMAL Goes With Teardrops …  
At Funerals Where A … Loved One's LOST ... !!!!!!  
  
Right There I'll STOP.
Cos' Those Last Words In Poetic Verse …  
May Make Jaws ... DROP … ?!?
  
So I'll Move On And Go Back To … " JOBS " ...
Is A Nine To Five ... How You Live Your Life … ???
  
Or …  
  
Do You Have Time To Sit And Write …  
Through Words That Rhyme …  
Your Views About Crimes …  
And …. ABNORMAL Minds ... ???
  
Now That Sounds Like MINE … !!!!!
  
But Don't Get It Confused … !!!
I've Paid My DUES In Rooms And Offices …  
Where The NORMAL Response Is ...
  
" Do as you're told, until you go home !
Otherwise, don't come to work NO MORE !"
  
Being Treated Like ****** … !!!
To Aid The Cause of Those On Boards ...  
  
The Type Who ENSURE That You Stay POOR … !!!
While They ….. BREAK LAWS ….. !!!!!!
  
Which Seems To Be The NORM … ?!?
For They And Their Friends …  
  
….. " Politicians and Lords " ….. !!!!!!!!
  
Their Normality Sends Some To Their End …
In The Name of …. " DEFENCE " …. !!?!!
  
NOT JUST In Wars ... It's THEM Who Ensure …  
That Redundancy Blends ... Reduce Their Workforce … !!!  
So They Have To Pay LESS And Can YES … Collect MORE … !!!!!  
  
Normality Draws ..............................  
So Many DIFFERENT Pictures …  
  
That It's ... Hard To Be SURE …  ?
Who's NORMAL Or A ... Mister … ?!?
  
Who SEEMS Normal Til' Elixirs …  
Show What DEFINES … " His INNER " … !!!  
  
A Figure Who's A SINNER … ?!?
Or An … ABSOLUTE Beginner … !?!
  
When It Comes To What Is NORMAL …  
In Company That's … " Cordial " …  
  
And What About The Miss … ?
Who Makes You Think of THINGS …  
That Some Define As ….. " SINS " ….. !!!!!
When The REALITY Is THIS … !!!
  
What Once Was YES … " ABNORMAL " ...
Has Now Become So Normal ...
That Girls Be Giving ... " ORALS " ...  
On ***** Types of PORTALS ... !!!
  
The Type Now Seen On Sites …  
NORMALLY ... At Night …
  
Normality Defined ...  
Now Seems To Be … " ONLINE " … ?!?
  
Online Fights And Forums With Designs …
That Formulate Insights Within So Many Minds … !!!  
  
Minds Like MINE …  
Who Are Primed To Find …  
  
Discussions That INSPIRE My Pen To Write And FIRE ...  
Verse That Serves To Explore The Works ...  
That Rest Inside My …. " UNIQUE MIND " …. !!!!!!  
  
See I'd Rather Be UNIQUE ...
Than FIT ….. " NORMALITY " ….. !!!!!!
  
Cos' Normal To Me Is Simply Being … " ME " …
  
NOT … Fitting Into Cliques ...
Or Trying To …. "Deceive" ….  
  
So That I Can Hang …  
In These … "CLONE FILLED GANGS" ... !!!!!  
  
Being … " ABNORMAL " …  
Doesn't Make You … " COOL " … !!!!!
  
So DON'T Be Fooled ...  
Try Being … YOU ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
NOT Fitting Into Crews …  
Who Seem A Bit … " Confused " … ?!?
In Trying To …. DEFINE ….
Like Some Kind of …. IMMORTAL ...
What It Is IN TRUTH To Definitively Be …  
  
One Who's Seen … As Being …  
  
…… " NORMAL " ……
Well, with the people of the world showing themselves to be what they are now, who would dare try to define what a normal person is ... ?!?
Tekan Jan 2019
My klein Ouma
smeer haar liefde
soos botter

Sy smeer van kant tot kant
en gee liefde orals,
wat langsaam versmelt in die deug
van haar sagte brood

My klein Ouma se liefde
vul al die gate in die warm brood

“Niks is beter as brood nie”
Is wat Ouma altyd se

En tog, is sy verbasend klein …
Sy eet net die krummels
en gee vir ander
haar gebotterde brood
so gesond
so lekker

My klein Ouma
Vol liefde gesmeer
An Afrikaans poem written for my gran
Anita Jul 2021
Jy
My liefste mens
My beminde
Jy.

Jy is n meesterstuk.
Jy is digkuns, jy is melodie
Jy is ink en papier en woorde
Jy is n kaleidoskoop in anatomie.

Jou mond is my kompas
As my kop verdwaal
Gerroes en deur die wind verweer
Kan jou sagte woorde my veilig laat huistoe terugkeer.
Jou hare, watervalle oor die skatkamers
Waar ek my geheime neerle
Van fluisters in die donker
Tot hardop liefde opse.

Dat ek myself aan jou mag gee
My swaar, my lig, my heimwee
My gister, my more, my vandag.
My geslote deure, my trane, my glimlag.

Jou hande is sleutels wat my kamers oopsluit
En oor my gly soos water oor rante
Om hoeke om draaie
My sirkels, my vierkante
My donker steugies en oop plaaspaaie.

Jou oe is die verlede, die toekoms en nou
En as jy lag sien ek padkaarte in hulle oopvou
Wat lei na orals en nerens
Na die sterre
En na onthou.

Jou bors is my vesting.
My kaggel, my lig, my beskerming
Waar ek veilig my hart kan hou
Om saam met jou dans
Op die ritme van vetrou.

My liefste mens, my beminde
Jy is sterre oe en oop-oog droom
Jou glimlag breek, vee weg en maak skoon.
Jy maak die storm in my rustig.
Jy is die vrede na die reen...
Jy is my virewig
Molantwa Mmele Jan 2016
I was once bullied, beaten
Burned and buried
With sneering slurs

I was an introvert
I gave them love
My compassion
I gave them all I had
They took advantage of me
And still I kept giving
And they took everything
And left me with nothing else to give
But hatred

I was afraid to say no
I felt feeble to stand my grounds

They made fun of me
My ragged garbs
And I could only watch them
Having fun amusing each other
Ripping my soul apart
My heart full of scars
Moaning in sorrow

They made me hate school
I was afraid to raise my hand
And
Ask when I did not understand
Afraid to do presentations and orals
And I failed…Morons
I called them friends
My Classmates

Yet
They filled me with vicious resentment
Burning in my chest
My eyes bleeding Vengeance
My breath became a feral windstorm
Terminating my feelings
I saw nasty curs when I grimaced at them
I tortured and killed insects
Burning them alive because all I could see
Were their evil faces
And I was killing myself
All along

Along the road I forgave them
And started to hate myself
For being a victim of cowardice
I have no one to blame
But myself
They did not chain my hands
Or latched my mouth
I was a coward
I couldn’t man up and defend myself

Or
Maybe I wasn’t scared of them
But
I was scared to become one of those undisciplined
Oaf minded juveniles

You shouldn’t disguise your actual self
To look better
To conform with friends
I am who I am
Not who they want me to be
I trashed myself more than they did
And I have learned my lesson
Big Virge May 2020
Ya Know ...
Within My Arms Are Lyrical Psalms ...

WITHOUT ...
Jewish or Christian Points of View ... !!!

What They Produce Is NOTHING New ...
But The Style ... " PROFILED " ...
STREET FIGHTS Like ... " GUILE " ... !!!

Okay I Mean ... " Virge " ... !!!
A Man Whose ARMS Put Words In Verse ...
In A Way That PRESERVES ........
Thoughts WELL OBSERVED ... !!!

You See My Arms TRANSPORT My DEEPEST Thoughts ...
From Brain To Page In NUMEROUS Ways ... !!!!

My Catalogue Now CONFIRMS To CLOWNS ...
That My Arms Are STRONG As Well As LONG ... !!!!!!!

NOT Muscle Bound But Built To POUND ... !!!
Lyrical FITNESS Into Those Who BEAR WITNESS ... !!!

of ... Thoughts I Write Down ...
And EXPRESS Through Lyrics ...
That Are Fluid Like ... LIQUIDS ... !!!!!

See My Arms CONNECT Nouns Consonants And Vowels ...
That My Mouth Now EXPOUNDS From ... Time to Time ...

But Prefer To Inscribe Onto Notepad Type Lines ...
Where They Formulate Rhymes That Come From My Mind ...

So Their TECH Is IMMORTAL ...
When OPENING Portals ...
For Minions of Mortals ...
To Find Out My ORALS ...
Are WAY BEYOND Normal ...
When They ENTER Their AURAL ... !!!

Because They're RESOURCEFUL ...
And Prove To Be ... THOUGHTFUL ... !!!

So Therefore ... DO NOT Dawdle ...
In Places Known As BORSTALS ... !!!!!

My Arms Can Be Quite FORCEFUL ... !!!
But Manage To Be ... " Cordial " ...
When BREAKING DOWN What's Lawful ...
In Wordplay That Is SCORNFUL ...
That NO ... Is NOT REMORSEFUL ... !!!!!!

Because My Arms Are CAUSAL ...
So YES ... Embrace A CAUSE ... !!!!!!

To PROVE What is UNLAWFUL ...
In STATUTORY Laws That KEEP EXPOSING FLAWS ... !!!

Talking of FLOORS ...
My Arms ENDURE Push Ups Fa' SURE ... !!!
To Keep My Head And Shoulders ... BROAD ... !!!

Therefore Their STRENGTH ...
CAN TAKE The Strain My Mind ORDAINS ... !!!!!

My Arms BELIEVE Have Seen Some GRIEF ... !!!
And SOMETIMES SEEN Some ... " SWEET ***** " ... !!!!

My Arms Have HELD Their Share of Girls ...
Those Who've GELLED With ... " Virges' World " ... !!!!!!

But Now My Arms ...
Have Been REPELLED ...
For Quite Some Time .... !!!!!!!

Because My Mind Has Found That Charm ...
Is NOT What Gets My Arms A Pass To HOLD Some *** ... !!!

My Arms Now Want MORE Than Some Stunt ...
YES I Mean ... TRICK ...
To Do MORE Than EXPOSE Her **** ... !!!

They're OLDER Now ...
So REJECT ..................................... " SOWS " .... !!!!!
And YOUTHFUL ... " COWS " ... !!!!!

They Want A WOMAN NO MORE NO LESS ... !!!
One Whose SOUL Wants Arms To HOLD ...
Whilst Having *** And In Times of STRESS ... !!!!!!

This Piece Right Now Is Near It's END ...
My Arms Are PROUD WITHOUT A Doubt ... !!!

Because They've NEVER THROWN Or HIT ...
A Woman With Whom I Shared A KISS ...

But There Was ONE ***** Who Felt The GRIP ...
But BEFORE You Feminists RUN YOUR LIPS ... !!!!!!!

Let Me Just STRESS THIS ... !!!

She DISRESPECTED My MOTHER ... !!!
So MY Arms HAD TO TOUCH HER ... !!!

So NOW It's Time ...
For My Arms To FIND ...
Some Words of RHYME ...
That REFLECT On The Times ...
When My Mother Was Alive ...

HER ARMS Made Me STRONG ... !!!
And RAISED Me With Aplomb To NOT DO WRONG .... !!!!!!

UNTIL She Declined And POOR Health INCLINED ...
My Heart To USE MINE To DO What Was RIGHT...
And Be By Her Side Til' The Day She DIED ... !!!

Now My Father Was A Man ...
Who HAD ... STRONG HANDS ... !!!

He Was An ... " Osteopath " ...

But What Was ... " Sad " ...
Was That He DIDN'T Just CRACK His Patients' Backs ... !!!!!!

When He Got MAD ...
His Arms Brought HARM To My Mothers' Heart ... !!!!!!!!!

Which I Guess is  WHY They Fell ... APART ... ?????

He Didn't Even CARE When It Came To Her DEATH ... ?!?

But My Arms Were There And Have Marked A Path ...
For Them To Chart ...
What My Memories Are Through THIS Piece of Art ...

There Were NO Psalms Or Guns In Palms ...
When Her Card Was MARKED For My Mother To PASS ...
And Leave Me To Write ... THIS EPITAPH ... !!!

About How She Died YES ... IN ...

............ " My Arms " .............
What to say ?
Well, I Love You Mum as I always will !
Pinned striped suits,
No hand me downs,
These clowns,
Catch pounds of my fist, the rhyme's so **** crisp,
Makin' a suckas cup flip,
Like girls movin' they hips,
Stares of the brothers like they wanna get a grip,
Only Hennessey on ice I sip,
No tales from the crypt,
Lay low like a rider knock a,
hater off balance, real life skills,
Plus im illmatic mastered,
Deeply tatted,
Hoes try to have at it,
Plot to take grabs of my money,
Expose their bad habits,
Twist some cabbage, words of a ill savage,
Broke the bandage of life exposed with open wounds,
No cries at birth, when came out of the womb,




Walkin' like Jesus, with the mind state
facetious,
Please just focus, life's a *****, then ya die,
Now i know why, hate and love, got the best marriage,
Pullin' up with tragedies carriage,
Baby problems, somebody always tryna rob 'em,
Wither its morals, to scripted orals,
Written over the airwaves,
Ignored what they say, and the games they play,
Til the day my head lay, on a pillow minus the rogue,
Society so cruel, y'all know the rules, see the ****** risin' in Jeruz,
Israel to Palestine, been warrin'  since beginning of time,
if ya know what I mean,
Searchin' for the savior,
Claimin' they right, but so many out of behavior,
Most of their problems minor, but they turned into major,
Hate versus hate, only for more styles to create chaos,
And the land of cross, over ya broke for dead, ignorin' the lies that been done spread,

— The End —