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Glaze fire

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I want to walk and forget my feet ever bled Forget blisters and all the thorns and broken glass on the floor But when these winds blows again and again - I remember the furnace I remember how the heat felt like - clearly It makes me weak - It no longer kills me like it used to We should never visit our dark rooms We should never sneak a peek at our dying demons - Demons I let die slowly - slow enough to remind me not to take anything for granted Slow enough to make me remember the lesson the lesson the universe found important to teach me Like a pot - glazed fired - Yet I still see no reason to torture my gentle soul  - but I accept the path it led me to - I remember days I would put my hand to my chest and tell my heart sorry I remember days I lost myself running crazy in forests I remember days I drowned in tears and fears Yes the pain goes away - but the scars remained - Some of us come weak or we come so broken and so scarred that we get afraid to get naked

Love

I want to love you until life asks me to stop, beautifully, gently and painfully until my heart stops, I want to love you with every breath I take... With every fire I exhale - With passion intense that makes forget that  I ever drowned. And should I sleep and never wake, My love, I want you to know that my soul will wait and search for yours, Because to me - the gates of heaven are marked with the prints on your hands, The key is in your kiss, For I survive the monsters on earth with your gentle smile and hug, I hope you will be mine in heaven as you are on earth. And to say I love you - in this borrowed language, doesn't do justice to these feelings I have, I love you with a power that makes me create, makes me draw pictures with words, I hope you will be mine in our youth and old age, I wish forever is a word blessed by the creators of the universe. © Namatsi Lukoye