Slondile's Corner
Love of poetry and Literature in an African context where Ideologies and perceptions are critically explored.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Rejection baby
Thursday, June 27, 2024
To die is to win
To die is to win I'll shout !!!!
Soul is now tired and have lived
May it now rest and hurt no more
Suffering in silence can be excruciating
Like a wounded lion you keep on suffering
With so much pain is it all worth it?
Why carry on if suffering is the main point
Wounds that do not heal with time
With rain you just flow like lakes
With no hope you ride like dimes
Limes of your own sorrows
To die is to win I'll say
No one knows for real so why care?
Let it remain unknown like cause you care
Heart is now exhausted of emotions
Brain is no longer at it's best
Those hours spent with stars are of despair
Constantly fighting just to survive is insane
To die is to win
Ending the suffering is a sin as told
Pain and suffering is not a sin?
Make it make sense why not die?
There are many great people just not me
Nothing indicates peace so why live?
Kids and husbands are blessings but not in my pride
There is no justice to this suffering
Everybody thinks you have healed so why bother
Leave while everybody laughs
I'll say to die is to win
Do not make noise ooh my soul!!!
Do not shout just slide
As peaceful as the ocean may you lay
You have done enough!!!!
Rest your troubled mind you were enough
Do not bother me as I rest my soul
To die is to win
Slondile Dlamini
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
All is well my love
You have no idea of how miserable my smile is , I cry till morning logging for your touch and presence something that I took for granted all along. Even if you find that funny, I will still want your touch and maybe I will forever miss you. Every sense of my being was happy and holding on to you was the best I could do then. I was probably too much on you, which makes it so sad to hold on too and well, I always felt you pulling away but I still hoped that you will feel the same but unfortunately I was exhausting you. If I recall properly I can surely say you did show me that you were unhappy but because I was so obsessed with myself being the right one all along I ignored that, which I think made you feel unheard and maybe miss-understood for that I am deeply sorry and I hope you will forgive me.
I was unhappy about lots of things myself which was very immature of me to expect you to fix those gaps of my issues, Time went by very quickly next thing I saw we were celebrating our 1 year anniversary which also I could have made it so special for you and I but I was too obsessed with the future that I wanted for you and me. I was not happy with your life choices to a point that I made it sound like a deep sin. That made me so remorseful about you being you and doing things that you loved which now I think those things made it easier for you to leave me like this. I will take all of my pain and unresolved emotions that are in my head right now and try to burry them so that I can live life like you and be happy like nothing ever happened.
The way we were so obsessed with one another I somehow fail to understand how can you live this long without talking to me or even texting me. It is so strange that you can forget about me so quickly. Well I kind of knew that your love for me was not so strong because constantly I would ask you how do you do it ? especially when we have not spoken to each other but I will not find any messages from you well I now see I was important maybe but I was not the person you would die for. It hurts to say it loud but with time I am certain it will all fade maybe then I will be okay. I had so many signs that indicated that you were not on the same page as me about other things but I still hoped that one day you and I will be the power couple. I told you that I was willing to do anything for you and risk it all for us but look at us now , I guess all of my love and commitment was not enough for you at the end and sadly I cannot do anything about that.
Forgetting you is going to be impossible for me because now I know that loving someone comes naturally and there is no room for faking that connection I had with you. however it was still not enough for you to at least fight for it but then again I now understand. I will not say that you were not true to me however your actions made it very easy for me to feel unloved, unheard, unprotected and mostly unappreciated. I now understand with all of these things our love was too weak and could not survive the tribulations that came in our direction and then again I now understand. I would ask you to make time for us and ask you to come see me and whenever you could not I would understand your reasons however I then understood that I was never your priority to began with because when you wanted to come see me, you always made time. I was too attached to you that I allowed myself to truly believe that you could not make it and I guess I would just settle for that. I loved you still, to be quiet frankly with myself I can truly say I hate my heart for all of this because if it was not so hocked I would not be where I am now busy crying for you and hoping that you understand my pain meanwhile I am quiet sure you are not even hurting and possibly you do not even care If I am alive or dead, sad but true.
OOOH sweetheart it is all well now. Every broken heart shall heal and all the bleeding spots will eventually heal and stop bleeding because nothing hurts forever. Writing this has given me so much peace knowing that you will never see it nor read it so rather share it with strangers so that they can see and believe me when I say I was in love with you and unfortunately you were not. I will let my soul detach from us as slow as I can so that I can heal completely and I hope I will not loose my love for you because true love comes once in a lifetime and sadly mine was not reciprocated. I will forever cherish you and the sorrows that came with it. My dearest may you find peace and happiness. I wish you nothing but peace, love, prosperity, growth and never ceasing happiness.
My darling I will pray that you are loved right where ever you are and I hope you find peace that my love could not give you. I hope you find true love that will give this type of experience but yours must be of a life time where peace and harmony will be the centre of your wellbeing. I will be fine knowing that you do not care about me anymore which somehow makes it easy for me not to share this letter with you knowing that it will change nothing. My love please take care of yourself be assured in knowing that you were my once in a life time.
Written from the heart by S,P DLAMINI
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
With Stars
The light in the darkness
Small but bright above darkness
Where there is no light at all
The darkness remains defeated
Defeated instantly without care
The light is now winning
With the stars the light dances
With the moon the light dances
May it remain a blessing
Blessing of the unknown
Let it be the light in the darkness
Darkness may you rest
For good may you die.
Slondile Dlamini
Monday, June 19, 2023
Soldier on
Soldier on my soul you have no one
You have no one to hold you
Soldier on my beautiful soul
You have no one to hold on too
Trying so hard to survive
Many are happy only you dear
Keep moving with the rest
Like Zoo keep conserving the rest
You have no one to hold on to
Like flies you want to fly too
With love and patience you are born
Soldier on my love
Soldier on my soul.
Slondile Dlamini
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Tiny little heart
Dance tiny heart
break the rocks of that heart
Tiny heart bigger than the ocean
Little but very sweet
More love pours like rain
Hurt by many but loved dearly
Tiny little heart shine
Flee the stars be happy
Solid traces of peace has left
With flowers it blossoms
Tiny little heart you are loved.
Slondile Dlamini