In Loving You, I Was Loving Me
I don’t want to chase this man I don’t even want this man Not when having this man means abandoning myself Things have changed with this man Once an initiating man Wanting to take me out and know how I really am man Now the…
Somewhere Between Your Life and Mine
I want to sleep with you – not in that way I want to be horizontal with you My head on your chest, listening to your heartbeat Your arms around me as we doze off I want to taste you – not in that way I want to create meals…
It Was Always You
To be looked at is not the same as being seen.To be touched is not the same as being discovered.I do not want to be admired from a distance,nor consumed in passing. I want to be understood.To be considered.To be held in thoughteven when I am not in the…
A Love I Could Not Keep
Both our hearts breaking beneath the weight of goodbye, the pain returning as though it were the very first time. You were someone I prayed for, but never really thought I would get, you came unexpectedly, I was ready, or so I thought. After labouring on…
Weaponising Me
Should I open my mouth and tell you my thoughts? You breathe deep, Passively listen. And tell me my thoughts are wrong. The way I think, pisses you off. Is it because my thoughts challenge you? As opposed to gratifying your ego. Man, you are too…
Where Do We Go From Here?
I look at you now And all I feel is distance I’m sat but a few centimetres away Yet it feels like miles It’s been a bumpy season Miscommunication, assumptions and unhappiness Take some space you say? At first it was a “no”, but now I’m not so sure Is…
CB: I Am Fat?
*Phew* this is a difficult one. I’ve had this post in my drafts for months now, but I’m feeling the fear and doing at anyway. Do you know how hard it is to say that word? “Fat”? How society has depicted the word to be a negative connotation. Akin to…
CB: I Got Read to the White Meat
*insert* Now there are some counselling sessions where your counsellor reads your behind like a book. And I mean “read” like telling you about yourself FULLY. And that is precisely what happened to me. Now I have been having a situation recently (well,…
His Heart, My Home
Seriously for those of you who don’t know God, I don’t know how you do life. No disrespect, but I would’ve been dead a long time ago if it wasn’t for Him. I need something bigger and more powerful than myself to hold onto when life gets rough, because…
CB: The Need to be Needed
I have come to realise I entertain something that is low-key detrimental to myself and others. This is the “need to be needed”. What a phenomenon. Anyone else suffering with me? I have started to think about where this has stemmed from and I know it’s…