Rented Soul by Collen Molahlehi

[tabby title="Poem"] So, this is it, then?This is how the story ends:a sorrowful soul that finds its wayto your doorstep.I did not envision the endto be such a contrast to the beginning.I didn’t imagine a time when my smooth skinwould...

Smudged Edges by Collen Molahlehi

[tabby title="Poem"] It hits you like a wave, doesn’t it?The rawness of a storystill winding and coiling like a snake.The thick air—thicker than the bloodthat has also turned its back on you.The smudged edges,the temptation to invite a premature endingto...

Intervene by Collen Molahlehi

[tabby title="Poem"] To plead with the unknown,Unbeknownst to faith,Divine reciprocity whispers silently.Tell me it all ends when my chestNo longer roves barefoot,Tell me your silenceWon't morph into the shovel warming itselfWith the embers of my last hope.Tell me these prayers...

Get up and fight by Collen Molahlehi

[tabby title="Poem"] You came into this worldwith your fists held highswinging like you knewyou would have to finishwhat your ancestors couldn'tThis mould you call yourselfboasts a shadow of what you werebefore you started seeking salvationNow scriptures make you yearn for...

For he has not lived long enough by Collen Molahlehi

[tabby title="Poem"] For he has not lived long enoughto see his curtains capturethe beauty of your stars shootingevery wish he has made to the universe in vain.We now spread his ashes in a lakethat he couldn't even swim in when...