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Moliehi Molupe Poem
Stuck in your orbit
Its' not long ago that i saw your face
I heard your laughter ring loud in the corridors of our abode
Yes, i felt your touch and sensed your profound love
But it would seem like a millenia ago now.
I am stuck in your orbit
I rise with the sun, the dawning of a new day
and fade with the brisk shadows of dusk.
Like water in the sand, i am a memory
A reminder you hold close to your heart.
This i hope...
Remind me once again of the depth of our hub.
Do I still tower above the rim in your horizon?
Your profile, a blique picture of my imagination
Yes, your voice a mixture of hoarse and huskiness
that melts my heart and weakens my resolve.
This live true in my mind, in my heart.
I am forever stuck in your orbit
Like the moon to the earth in a 365 rotational symmetry
Dawning with the dusk and setting with the dying rays
And yet unlike the silver grey crescent
My rotation is stuck in a single orbit of 52 weeks
I get to re-live in your memories
In the realm of light and speed
In the yonder where vacuum rules and laws of gravity bend
I see shades of you decorated in a rainbow
radiant, like the stars that shine above the green canopy of the Amazon
I hear your voice in a single ring of variant tunes
In your orbit, i cannot escape
I cannot flee or flight
I am stuck, forever awaiting your return
In a 365 rotational symmetry, and 12 moons later.
But do i get to choose like the moon
And follow your around the plain in 366 days?
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Moliehi Molupe-Koeshe
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My anchor
I met you on a summer day
Mists had cleared and dews long dried
The sun, blazing and scorching
Forced earthling to bow to its rays
On the day you gushed into my life.
Your immense beauty overwhelmed me
I succumed to the scent that derived from your skin
My gaze stuck on your oppulent face
On the little movements as your chest heaved in and out rapid breaths
I sensed your heart race away in a gallop to my touch
Would I ever catch up to it I wondered.
Still that day you captured my heart.
I recall your smile - so pearlescent
Your laughter- a melody of a morning lark
Like waves in a summer breeze, your voice was
Grapping my knees, overpowering me
On the day you touched my soul.
On that day, time stood still
Deathning silence enveloped the space
And but for a while, only you and I existed
Earth opened her arms and wrapped us in a warm embrace
My heart filled with gaity and bliss, your eyes shone.
You awakened me from a slumber
Decaded by lonesome and emptiness...
You breathed life, lifted me
And off my heart raced to meet up with you...
I cannot forget that day.
For once my inhibitions were lost
My resolves weakened
I forgot my status and prestige
I gave in to love.
For a moment then, my fantasy became
My own Utopia was created
And there we dwelled,
in an island with no harm or prejudice
Rejoicing in the make believe
In our own reality but for a while
Yet in my heart you existed
And there you shall remain
For my eternity and for my salvation...
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Moliehi Molupe-Koeshe
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Betrayed
You stand still like monuments
As umoved and unshakable as a grave
You utter words of unfathomable promise
Your stare bores into me
Drilling into my soul, piercing my heart
But your lips curve into a snide smile
That mocks and jeers me.
Fear envelopes me
My heart, I felt it twist
My knees wobbled
Causing me to collapse
To shatter like a thousand broken pieces
But your hands cradled me in a strong embrace
"I will never let you fall".
Your whispers awaken in me
A speck of emotions long lost
Laughter grazed my lips,
A twinkle, a little spark lit in me
Rupturing a tumult of feelings
My heart missed a beat
Your genuine smokey eyes
Compelled me to trust
Your soft lips and tender caresses
Encouraged me to surrender
To lose myself in your gaze
In the hollowness of your eyes,
In the echoes of your voice
As you laughed,
As you whispered, 'how I love you!'
But it was all a lie
Placated truths of entrapment
Laid out from a wretched web
Weaved over years of friendship
It was but a blunt sword
that would cut through my heart
When my back turned.
And for what?
A few dollars and a cent!
I wish you knew of my sacrifice
How you constantly remained in my embrace
How I cast all aside to hold you close,
To keep you happy, content
But you broke my trust
Just like yesterday's leftovers
You cast into the dumb the love I freely offered.
And for what?
A few dollars and a penny!
As my heart breaks
And tears cascade down my cheeks to form banks on my chin
As my mind numbs in denial of the fallacy we've become
I will surrender to my pains and pangs
My anguish and aches
I will absorb the hurt,
The disappointments and throes of your betrayal
But remember;
The days when my love was enough
The moments when you were thrown out
but I held you in my grip
The times when I bore witness of a great person you are
When no one else would
Remember my dear
Of the many times you stumbled
But I caught your fall
And when finally you do, know
With each tear I shed
With each heartbroken sob
I wish you a karma tenfold.
Moliehi Koeshe
© 2018
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A TEACHER'S APOLOGY
I know we can talk,
That despite all you'll rise; walk!
This betrayal your eyes display will not shake you
Nor the pain you think I caused break you
I know not why you bore the scourge
Why you lost your courage
Once you had faith
You could move mountains and swerve waters
Once you believed
And you stood tall refusing to waiver or despair
But now you seek solace from the earth
You give the moon and sun your back
How I have wronged you I don't know
I could apologise but no
I will not say a word you won't hear
I will not utter any until you are here
Close to me, facing me
So you can listen, so you can hear me
I have begged, I have asked
Still you deny me your face
You sing in somber tones
Your pitiful lament, this war song
It paints for me your grey hues
Your tormented and bleeding heart
I could give you this chiffon
White like mountain lilies
Soft like a caress...a memory
I could let you cry it all out
And maybe wipe it off with this
And store your pain in my armoury
I want to...
I want to cradle you
I need to hold you tight
Yet like the Egyptian Nile
And the Orange River are we apart
Let this be therefore my demise
That I cannot heal your pain
That I cannot mend your heart
Or wipe your tears
Because as yours weeps
Mine tears apart with every drop
You will shed.
20.03.17
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My silent cry
Here in the labyrinth...
In the crossroads of my life
In this maze ...
I find myself compelled to smile
Here where my heart isn't content
I have found peace
In my confusion...
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Tear drops
by Moliehi Molupe-Koeshe
As I laid me down to sleep
I sent to you, my silent prayer
A hope for a dreamless night
A solemn lullaby
So you'll be okay
Every moment I think of you
Wishing we'd never said goodbye
Wishing we'd never parted ways
Hoping you hold me still in your heart
Like my prayer
No more can I shake these dreams,
I'm haunted by images of your love
Tormented in my soul,
By memories I dare not recall
A tear drops
I send to you, my silent prayer
Though the sun has set
And grey clouds cover the sky
In a lean sheet of melancholy
it cannot all be in vain!
I have searched in the lybrith of my mind,
In the maze of my soul and depth of my heart
I screamed to the mountain tops and plains afar
I laid me down in a hollow slumber
Alone and desolate
Still as i drifted off
I silently prayed
That you must know that I'm here
Waiting for you, wishing for you
I don't know what it means
When you do what you do
When you take my breath away
Steal my heart and go
I hope and I pray sweet baby
That somehow you find your way back
That this silent prayer will guide you home
Before my last tear drops
(c) August 2016
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I miss you
When we used to walk down the streets hand in hand
We used to laugh at stupid jokes we shared quietly in the sunset
We kissed, stole a few in crowded rooms
Huh! The quiet moments on the couch
In late afternoons of nothing to do
I miss you
When you used not to tell me lies
Yes even when at those times the truth would have broken us apart
You dared not lie...
You used to race home from all over to catch the sunrise in my arms
I in yours
Oh how I miss you
When all that mattered was my heart beat and my smile
Now it would seem someone else or is it something I wonder
Has replaced me
My laughter no longer beckons you home rather repels you
I seem to nag more than I wish to
and that subtle sadness in your eyes
It tells me of a thousand words not uttered
It tells me silently that I am lost to you
You are no longer mine
And yet you deny it...so blatantly
I miss you...yes I do
But I shall not pray for you anymore
I shall cry no more for you
For my tears have not filled this longing in my heart
They have not comforted my tormented heart
So why weep, why pray you come back?
When I can bid you farewell and walk away
One step a day at a time
Hoping someday soon I will not say the words
I miss you
Oh how I miss you
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A mermaid whisper
She said, " be mine"
From today moving forward
Let me see you everyday at dawn
May your face be a fresh imprint at dusk
Whisper words that revive me
Messages that hold the beating of my heart
Let me know you will be there always
In the yonder, in the years to come
"I am yours," kneeling he said
It's a promise I give
Old as time and ageless as life
I want you here in my life
In the daily chores of my existence
When I am hopeless and despaired
When I am restless, be my anchor
And I will be all the music your heart desires
I will be a slave to your love
I will secure you from raging storms
Keep you in my love always
And in return...be mine
Be mine now
When all I have to offer is my heart
When with its every beat
Memories of the future flood my mind
When with its every beat
Our lives are forever intertwined
In a strong timeless embrace
I am yours now
When all I can give is my love
When my life becomes a rythmn with yours
When I feel lost and distraught,
enveloped by strong emotions of dread
When anxiety gnarls at my being
The minute you are not near
Be the beat that keeps my tempo
Be the rhythm to which my heart dances
Be mine now till forever
Let me be yours always
Now, when all we have is each other
When i hold you close
And you keep me in rhythm
With the beat of your heart
Now when forever is waiting
To the endless abyss of time
© Moliehi Koeshe 2018
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Amazing Splendor
Buried in the dark continent is my land
here, gorges provide openings
mountains stand as guards
landscapes as shrines of her beauty
Of her treasures the world knows not
Her riches unsavoured
Never touched nor inhabited
A virgin princess she remains
Like an emerald shaded in blue
shining only for the earth below
where her children lie
She spreads her rays
Her womb carries black warriors
scattered over the plateaus
defending her riches and splendor
An envy to all her neighbours
Her heart flows with white sparkling springs
that spill to nurture earth
to give life to the poor and wretch
For she's known no other but life herself
Like an ivory tower she stands
with showers of amazing splendor
Lying serene and in wait
For her children to come home
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Dear Diary
It's the 13th June today
It should be a Friday
An unprecedented day
Dark as my mood
You see diary dear
Today she asked me
What's your greatest fear?
For awhile I sat quiet
Debating if she deserved a reply
Deep in the recess
In the abyss of my mind
I could feel emotions resurface
Fighting their way to my conscience
Colliding, in their haste to escape
I remembered why I had shut them out
Why for years they were prisoners
I will not allow it dear diary
I will not remember
Fear is not attractive
About it, words I cannot mince
I will not phrase or utter memories of it
Lest my mind obeys
And tribes of the forgotten tumble into my head
I will not remember my fears
And when she asks
What are you afraid of?
How can I say - being alone
When I know her questions will dig deeper in my subconscious
In a place I have long left
Where I have fought to escape
A place I will not return to...
Diary,
Loneliness is a dark place
Nothing dwells there but emptiness
Layers and layers of sooted cold
slime
There is no exit door.
Once you are in,
It envelopes you there,
clinging to your very you
It will not let you go
It hates to be alone
So I tell you,
I cannot go back
I will not explore my mind
for thruths I'm not ready to deal with
I will not open a portable to which I cannot leave at will
I don't want loneliness as a friend
She clutches and chokes you
With her anxiety and worry
Eventually you lose yourself
As you try in vain not to be like her
© 2018 Moliehi Molupe
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