Tag: love
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Mhla siwelela kwelolizwe zukhumbule oku/ 5 anecdotes of love
1. To you, “let’s move in together” is an unknown declaration of love. Unknown, to the other party that is. A statement of faith to jump head first, both sweaty palms and bright-eyed wonder into the abyss, trusting to happen upon that which is glorious. Or it is to say, here, this is the passage…
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For Liz: the dream and the hope of the slave
We met at the nascent of womanhood, Our girl shells fracturing to make room for our forming Toffee-nosed early 20 somethings walking tall like we had clocked this life thing Our ostentatious lives serving as tell-tales of our jutting. The reality of adulthood soon washed over, Our days drowning in scorn at the feeling of…
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Umyalelo
IGENESIS 1:28 “Wabasikelela uThixo, wathi kubo uThixo, Qhamani, nande, niwuzalise umhlaba niweyise; nibe nobukhosi ezintlanzini zolwandle, nasezintakeni zezulu, nasezintweni zonke eziphilileyo ezinambuzelayo emhlabeni.” Today, on a random Thursday which is not heritage day (the day we seem to reserve for such reflections), I am thinking about our names as Africans. My name, Sandisiwe means we…
TheStoryOfMyBecoming 