we continue

as long as we continue

to place identity

above humanity

as long as we continue

to believe in metaphor

and fake symbols

and everything

that we have been told

as long as we continue

to place identity

above humanity

a poem without a title

ek is

wat ek is

raak bewus

omskep jou lus

raak bewus

van die ding

‘n ding

wat ons almal bind

ongeag wat jy dink

‘n ding wat bestaan

al gaan ons een vir een dood

hierdie ding, die MENSDOM

soveel nonsense

wat belangrik raak

wat ons belangrik maak

almal toegesluit in ‘n huis

en die mure kraak

fondasies van haat

where is the place

for us to imagine

who and what we all

could become

would become

beyond MENSDOM