Tag: Young adults
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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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Why the story of my becoming
The story of my becoming is exactly that – a story of one becoming different versions of self through the process of growing. It is a reflection of the glorious and the grotesque that one encounters along the journey of adulthood. And a safe space that wrestles with the fact that this is not the…
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