Identity

They say it is a thirteen barcoded book. A description of names Some even have a lengthy explanation about the links it has “the birthplace, the birthright and reasons why one is born”, but with me. Mine is confusion. It is spiritual links I know nothing about and lovers who constantly leave and walk away. It is teachers, teachings I have learned nothing from. I with it seek who I am, my being, my soul, and the God in me. I seek solace and the truth about happiness. I see on pictures “Happy couples, I see complete family picture frames” and seek my place in the world to fit in. I dived in amongst the trout and no one was there to pull me out. I go deep underwater trying to drown my emptiness with hopes that my feet could reach the ground. A thirteen barcoded book made me copy lifestyles making me wash off my soul introducing me to people I want to love. Poet Masego Nkuna

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