A Hoorah!
Yet never has a spine
stood straighter
than that of manman Continue reading A Hoorah!
Hiding in the shadows
A key lesson this month has been that, educating yourself really is the antithesis to cyclical problems like these. The more we talk about it, the more we learn and are better equipped to help the people we encounter. So don’t minimise your role as I’ve often done. Continue reading Hiding in the shadows
Not Silenced
Their voices power through,
Pulsing with the roar of a djembe drum.
Unrelenting in their pursuit for justice,
And freedom from state oppression Continue reading Not Silenced
Jacaranda Tree
Oh that freedom would prevail in my beloved homeland
Then I can behold the jacaranda tree once again Continue reading Jacaranda Tree
The flag that cries liberty
I speak of the day when your melodious harmonies will arise.
As you sing a song of Liberty for all. Continue reading The flag that cries liberty
A mother’s plea
We still play the marimba and the kora.
Can you not hear the beat of our drums
and the echo of our ululations.
Continue reading A mother’s plea
Dancing to a new rhythm in a crisis
You see I’ve always much rather preferred to dance to the drum of my own beat. Normalcy doesn’t have to be a predefined template handed down by society. As an individual you can carve out your own version of this. Continue reading Dancing to a new rhythm in a crisis
Tis Not loneliness in Solitude
Tis not loneliness, just complete freedom.
See they always say don’t look back,
Yet in the hidden crevice of my mind I find healing Continue reading Tis Not loneliness in Solitude
Rate Race Delusions
There’s no winners in this game of toiling,
For a wage that’s never enough…
Was I not made for more than a rodent’s game?
Continue reading Rate Race Delusions
It Matters
So write and speak unashamedly be wildly creative even without an audience for we don’t share our hearts for popularity, we share our hearts because what we have to say matters. Continue reading It Matters
Copious Morsels of Everything 