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Best Poems Written by Nokwanda Sihlali

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Traditional Healer

Sometimes I cannot sleep
In the abyss of my stomach
My muscles weep
My gut sinks and falls deep
Into the ashes of my sadness
And I hear that feeling creep
Crawling eight legged, without leaps
And tells me to be still. No emotion
Frozen. The visuals appear
And I see my preoccupation
With death, play itself out
I feel the asphyxiation, the nausea and pain
I see the blood, in slow motion again
Droplets sprinkle through the sky
And plaster across my face
Is this my destiny? Or has the psyche been misplaced
Mistaken for the wise one, sagacious
Present African Swiss presented ancesterous
Dimensions that exit the premise of this world
Float in saltwater, captured in bottles, blurred
Am I jumping to endings, pretending
That if I were chosen, I would be understanding?
Why am I fascinated by her at night?
In the darkness I am entertained, more than in fright
I call them all, but they lack sight
Because when I can see it
Those on earth call it foresight.

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Wild Child

I wrote a poem about a picture of you and I. 
That Burgundy blind smile.
That picture so bright full of teeth I go weak 
Lack in speech and bewilder the wild child
The tamed your spirit liquid gone mild find.
Crimson still dotted with transparent hue
They always worry about me as I worry for you
But I tell them, she is her own celestial moon
Her own brave mind and her own song in tunes

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My Thoughts Are Maimed

My thoughts are maimed 
Pictured moments untainted and framed
Every scene chronologically sequenced 
To the epic memory, a prison in which I am sentenced
Blessed, I forget I am
Constantly polluting my body with sickness
Enveloping frothing in its thickness
Causing illness they are parasites
That paralyze the host
Eat any self conscious, most
Of all planting paranoia and delusion 
Into the mindset of a girl with no confusion 
About who she is, who she is to become
Where her goals like and her fears are none
Where the past has passed
And the future awaits knowing one

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Unknown

Disappointing children, burden their parents
With arrests, protest and defense
But when I take pride in letting you know
That I will not show and respecting you enough
To keep the truth on the down low
But disappointing picked on a pedestal 
I cannot do random things without your blessing
Your knowledge is pivotal and idle are dreams
Of infested nefarity. Negativitu is not centred 
In my spirit, feel it. I’ve been honest truthful
Without doubt and resolve to the bottom of my aorta

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It's Okay

It's ok to remember me. 
It's ok to think about the texture of my voice. 
Its ok dear... 
Touch me in your dreams
Those velvet palms are still etched against your heart
My soul is breathing through your accomplishments
Your smile reserves my fears. 
I left you. I had hoped to exist fleshly longer.
But the calling of heaven lay stronger.
I did not stream against and wonder
I did not go to without contemplating others.
I had to forgive myself and give you help without inner torture.
You are my daughter, my Godly splendour
My marvel of majesty and natures grandeur
So again, I want you to know... it's okay
It's okay to miss me when the sun shines
I was yours and you are still mine. 
It's okay to think about me and your heart aches. 
Your voice breaks. Your smile fakes. 
It's okay to remember me. 
To feel me when you're happy...