Just Silence ~ Sibongile Maseko

Tonight,
I lie on my favourite pillow
Saddened by tears
Because tonight, I'm hollow
I lost the only person who cares.

Nothing can mitigate the pain I'm feeling,
You left me with a gash that is deprived from healing.
How do I contend this dreadful calamity?
Who is going to fill this void within me,
this whole vicinity?

These retrospective memories,
They're so voracious!
They eat me up inside, just to retch
Then excrete these lethal fluids,
and out they go, in the form of tears.

Oh, but how contemptuous can you be?
Just leaving me
With nothing but this deafening silence.
No one will help me up when I slump on the floor
Because I lost the only person who cares,
The only one who hears
When I don't make a single utterance.
Now,
There's nothing but silence,
Just silence.


© Sibongile Maseko


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Grade 11
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Saviour ~ Mika Datadin

You say over and over again
that You're ugly, un-pretty,
unlovable,
and that is only because
You do not know what i see in You,
love

You say over and over again
that You're not worth much
but Darling, You're worth more
than the rarest gems in the world
tripled, to me

You say that there is nothing
special about those deep brown
eyes that i consider Your holy gift
They may not shine like stars do, but
They are that enchanting darkness
without which the stars could not
burn so bright

You'll never know
what love i see in You
You'll never know

You'll never know
how unworthy i am
to behold such an Angel
as You


© Mika Datadin

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Grade 11
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He Was Fine During The Day ~ Uwais Coetzee

He was fine during the day
And despite the darkness
He was fine at night too.
Nothing could get him down
Nothing got in his way
Not other people's actions
And not the words they'd say.
He enjoyed people's company
And talking to them on the phone,
It was all okay even when he was alone.
He was happy all the way,
Every step, every mile
And life was getting better
Until he saw her smile.
Until he saw her being
Happy without him, when
Every memory of his happiness
Involved every moment with her.
It was like how a room needs
The light to be bright but the
Light doesn't need the room to shine.


© Uwais Coetzee

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Grade 12
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The Flower That Grew ~ Nkazimulo Mvemve

with roots embedded in the world she stood
beautiful & rare, I could not compare her to another
rooted to cement she pushed & pushed,
her way from the soil that was under

the flower grew from tough terrain,
but inevitably that did not strain,
as her beauty she still maintained
ever shining, even through the harshest rain

you wanted this more than me
so how is it that i, lovingly
want to make you grow more & more,
from subtly a flower into more like a splendid tree

there's a strong relationship, between a gardener & his flower
he gives his time to please & tender her, in order for them to love each other

energy not wasted and time spent beautifully together,
she reminds him of what happiness is like
and the same with him when he gives her all his love.
the flower is happy and... so is... he,
their fate is sealed for truth they were meant to be.



© Nkazimulo Mvemve

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Grade 11
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Being ~ Lulama Msomi

Being

I'm not happy
I am not in my element
All my dreams and aspirations have tumbled down and are now amongst the dust

More that are intelligent, gifted and bright have been discovered
I have no talent-not even kindness
I'm hurt...broken
Life is hard but I keep living
Who am I?
Am I a number...the number?
Am I still myself at her purest self?
I'm lost ...without a true sense of direction.
I want to be happy.
ALIVE!
I am not kind no I am not kind
My heart is not kind.

It's Complicated  

I don't know me
I don't even know what I want
I don't even know how to express my personal woes

I don't want to be like this anymore
I don't want to feel stuck

I don't know where to start.


©Lulama Msomi

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Matriculant 2017
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