Dare not
Fold your tongue around me
And drown me in your broken
Stare into my eyes
Day after the lie
And tell me about ever after
Dare not
Wrap me in your lies
Then call it love
Mosima Phakane is the winner of the 2017 Avbob poetry competition in the Sepedi category. She is a student at Wits University and part of Wits poets corner, a student poetry society. She uses every opportunity she gets to grow as a poet.