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Passion Fruit

Passion fruit
You said you like passion fruit,
But I'm not the passion to your fruit.
A little tasteless for your tongue—
To tongue kiss; French kiss,
Take us to Italy,
Where our names are carved
On the locks of love,
Hanging from the Eiffel Tower.

We'll celebrate with passion fruit,
Then sail the Caribbean waters,
High as the moon of Jupiter,
Quiet as Pluto,
But we’ll be a hurricane—
Making it rain.

You’re the yin to my yang,
Balancing the chaos,
Shooting straight to the stars when I’m with you.
I’d let you into this vortex of my heart,
If you insisted,
Between the space where I have you not
And where you are my everything.

I’ll leave you with your passion fruit,
Still filling your glass—
Pouring sweetness into the moment.
Taste the passion,
Feel those fruits explode on your tongue,
Whispering sweet nothings,
Or at least a simple thank you.

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My Heart Realized

I realize now that my greatest blessing and curse 
Was that I had a big heart
A heart so big it allowed the greatest possibilities 
One that nurtured dreams I knew not but saw light of through the eyes of my dearly beloveds
I realize that I have an artistic heart
One that wrote poems and songs for the souls that needed feel a sense of recognition 
It be once or more, by me and those that choose see light in their dim nurtured lives
Even if it was just for a dream
I realize I had the most empathetic heart
That I forgave the ill treatments and neglect I had received excusing them of their downs when I too was down
That I watered seeds with water I long walked for before my own for I saw their possibility of a bloom 
Even if it was just a dream 
I realize that I had a patient heart
One kind and forgiving,
One that saw beyond flaws even if mine were the first they saw looking at me
I realize I had a heart of a soldier
That I would fight for my people and a cause with my outmost all and in fierce loyalty even if it is seen of me when I am gone
I realize I had a heart that overflowed with love 
That I could not give only to my own but to my people
That I could never choose to love one in ignorance of their wrong,
Instead I would love them to the best I know they know they are wilt
And so my story goes
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I became a home to you too
Just another girl you call to make you feel better
Pussy that make you feel like your Mama hug
Fall in love with all the women that resembled me
In some way or another
Just not me,
I'm a place you can call happy
A place where you find your peace of mind
A dose of motivation and just enough inspiration to have you wanna do better
I'm the one that deserves better 
In your words but fail to do right by
I'm the one that needs to be released but you hold on to
In case of those rainy days
I'm a good bounce back, a come back 
The one that brings your juice back
A high, an escape from reality
I used to long for a chance with you
Even if it was you half stepping it
But it never came so I come no more 
Hoping this is the last poem I get to write about you
So, Farewell.

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Still I Wait

I Still Wait

I wrote poems and sang songs to make the love I had more alive
Wrote endless passages tryina explain what my heart sang
I tried the best I could to make the words I said more meaningful
Stayed up at night tryina find ways to hold and touch you right
I paused every moment I had with you 
Shut the whole world out for there was you
I begged and I prayed that I find ways to love you right
Asked for the strength to be there for you
I stayed even when my heart ached from the looks they gave you
Saw the thirst in their eyes whenever they looked at you
I knew some would know how to touch you and some, to hold you
But again, I knew neither would love you like I did
They had all the right words to say
Had all the right ways to feed what you long desired
And I knew you'd easily fall for you stayed with me who couldn't
Even though you said I was all you needed, I knew you needed more
I saw how happy you got when with them, a happy I never saw reflect when with me
I know I sparked a certain happy in you but it was never as long
I still hope I could, that I could love you just as you wish
But again I'm still the same person, the me that I was if not better
And deep in my heart, my love whispers your name
Once more longing to keep you.
Copyright © Bernice Makotanyane | Year Posted 2018

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Another Day In December

I sit here as the sun sets
On my porch nostalgic
Thinking of the not so old days
But my darling is no more
No one to hold my now wrinkled hand
Share a laugh from a joke told a hundred times
I sit here not so young anymore
Old curves and not so full cheeks
Sad, old and lonely
Who knew? 
  that my happily ever after would be so blue
Nothing but a dream
Still, wishing for my Knight
It does afterall end as it started

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In That Moment

There I was vulnerable
For once someone had an ear to lend
To judge me not,
To command me not but listen
For once I feared not saying how I felt truly
To hide not what was of burden.
There I was, not alone but with someone willing to help see me through it all
To say not to me what I had long heard but never understood
To let me be weak yet still see me strong.
For once my heart was allowed to pour out what was heavy,
For once I had someone hold my hand,
Not say it will be alright but helped it be
I felt love and a sense of caring and support
For once I wasn't the shield but the spear.
I was venting, crying and free
I swear I had my heart break from truth and honesty
I had my heart break from the words I spoke and not another's	
To me, it was all I needed
Someone to listen and consider my feelings,
In that moment I mattered
I saw the need to feel and not be numb
I felt no need to escape but be present
In that moment, I valued truth
I remembered how it felt to matter.

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Never We

Forever I find myself amused by the person you are,
Forever I find myself lost in thoughts of you,
And forever I seek knowing you even more
The first I saw you I was cardiac arrhythmic 
My heart pulled by gravity I felt myself vulnerable
Having loved before I feared even talking to you for I believed I'd mess it up
you came through, 
One too many times and I knew I had to say a word
A word became an ocean of pure honesty and truth
there I was loving you
I told you first that I had fallen in love
You always had an ideal woman in your head and sadly I wasn't
We spoke on the phone, 
text and called one another till you finally disappeared
another heartache to deal with
Having had many of those I redirected my feelings
not saying a word I kept it in
Learning to redirect this love was yet another ache
Settled for last just to have you in my life
I still hope for a chance with you
still I wait
Unknowingly the love ran even deeper
As a friend I sure do pause and freeze the times we spend together
Your voice still tickles me
Your laugh still calms me down
and like the first we met, 
My heart still moonwalks and my mind blown
Wish I had you with me on this trip
Sailing the waters of the Atlantic with the love I so have to sustain us both
but again,
Sadly I'm not who you want to trip with
I guess it's never we

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Whispers of Solitude

In the quiet of my heart's own keep,
Secrets whisper where shadows sleep,
Echoes of pain, lessons learnt along the way
In the fabric of solitude, truth comes alive.

In the middle of the night when darkness looms,
The flicker of light from the moon kisses the walls of this small room
Reveals that in sorrow’s gentle hold, gratitude blooms.

Alone, yet not, in this dance of life,
Each moment’s pain births a hidden chance,
To see the grace in every tear cried in my solitude,
To find the joy that lives near when I feel alone.

So I walk with a heart unburdened and free,
Understanding better what it means to be,
To cherish the small fruits of life, 
To love the sound of silence and truth,
With optimism’s light, I see anew.

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As I Thinketh

Woke up to no sun
it was just the darkness of dawn
on my own in a world I had created
birthed by my own thoughts
characterized by the sum of my fears and desires
through the manifestation of my thoughts believed.
Progressively, evolving being I am; learning
Earnestly applying remedy to the defects of my character
For every thought-seed sown takes root,
sooner or later blossoms bearing its own fruits
Good, Bad - I had to learn to find delight 
Revealing to me, myself
In acknowledgement that my prayers were merely song,
that I had to find the rhythm in the beat and harmonise self with its frequency
Let go the cliche that we must disregard those that have different views from us 
Restructure my thinking in remembrance that the oppressor and the slave are co-operators in ignorance
and that only in reality are afflicting themselves
Had to conquer my own weaknesses
meet me some light
Oh world meet phoenix me as I rise with the sun,
to a world anew, freedom and reach my outmost potential
Become the True ME

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Unforgettable You

Who knew loving you would be so easy,
didn't need much but to be present 
your touch was surreal 
coated my skin with goosebumps yet got me sweaty
your kiss like the wind 
could never have enough
the way you looked at me pierced through my soul
the way you smiled at me cured my pain
and for once, I needn't explaining.
The sound of your voice was like the ocean,
calm 
your laughter like the waves,
breathtaking
in your eyes I lost sight of the world
in your love I needed nothing 
in your arms I feared not anything
and in your presence i was free.
Now,
all I have left is the memories you gave me
all I can do is close my eyes and remember
and when all is gone
I have you still in my mind