Rekindling You
Today, I stretched all the way to the door and thought I would leave. My arms held me tight but I was also reaching out. From the outside...
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zizipho bam
Jul 20, 20201 min
Clutch
I am standing still. The sky swoon Over my glaring soul. The moon in angst Over a lover who fell On my shoulders. Everything, pressing On...
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zizipho bam
Mar 15, 20172 min
The house
i Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women; kitchen of lust, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes the men – they...
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zizipho bam
Jan 11, 20171 min
Oath
If nobody is coming, I will return to myself, for myself.
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zizipho bam
Jan 8, 20171 min
At the dinner table
I wish i could show you what I see when he falls asleep. Those seconds before the song starts. A deep breath and eyes closed, and the...
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zizipho bam
Dec 29, 20161 min
On waiting while dying
The fire brigade arrived 2hours after the fire had died down. They arrived to ash and toxic smoke, no strength of man or machine could...
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zizipho bam
Dec 21, 20161 min
02:20
I am drowning and i want to scream. I am screaming and I want to cry. I am crying and I am drowning again. I am Peter and I am...
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zizipho bam
Dec 21, 20161 min
2:02 am
There are small grenades that explode inside her chest. Her chest is an earthquake. Her chest attempts to take itself apart, attempts...
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zizipho bam
Dec 20, 20161 min
Juice Box Judy in full effect: Presenting Natalie Paneng
'WASI' Johannesburg is the city of lights and gold. The streets of Braamfontein, Maboneng and Melville are home to some of South Africa’s...
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zizipho bam
Nov 24, 20161 min
You’re In Chains Too Solidarity Concert — Word N Sound Live Literature Co.
Musicians and poets will descend on Stellenbosch this Friday for #YouAreInChainsToo, a jazz and poetry concert in solidarity with...
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zizipho bam
Nov 14, 20161 min
Thabangseriti on WordPress.com
why do you always use words like ‘storm’ and ‘hurricane’ to describe your depression? does it feel a little more natural that way? does...
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zizipho bam
Nov 11, 20161 min
I’m here.
You scratch your finger with a paper. It bleeds. The edge cuts deep. Your skin, an open mouth. Skin, open tin can. Rigs and sharp...
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zizipho bam
Nov 11, 20161 min
Teething and tethering.
Their are cracks growing in my teeth. Lightening has struck more than twice inside my mouth. I want to spew the sky out. I convulse in...
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zizipho bam
Nov 11, 20161 min
Medicine
Pick it up, pick it all up. And start again. You’ve got a second chance, you could go home. Escape it all. It’s just irrelevant....
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zizipho bam
Nov 6, 20161 min
05/11
I need to stay away from scissors. Been meaning to cut the dreadful thoughts growing out of my head. Been branching out since three...
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zizipho bam
Oct 15, 20163 min
14.
A eulogy for the walking dead. The back story to a manifesto for loners. To read during or after the send off. It’s like I’m rolling, ...
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zizipho bam
Sep 10, 20162 min
A Girl and Two Decades
Tired. Tired. Tired. Tire. Get tired again. Admire. Love. Boys and other conspiracies. We drink, smoke and we get tired again. ...
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zizipho bam
Aug 24, 20161 min
Self Crisis.
Its bigger than religion. I have a strong yearning for knowing. Its like im rolling, this constant turning. A cursive continuous...
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