Monday, 22 July 2019

D.I.R.E. - for JWF



In an age defined
By dogma and despots;
where destinies are determined
By the dictates of the deranged:
Death is desired.

We are ill-informed:
Believing in idiotic, imposed illusions
That insult intelligence
And inspire ideas of ill-intent
In the minds of the ignorant.

Thrice removed from reality,
Repeatedly stripped of any right:
We are religiously resigned
To the rape and ravages
Of the ruthless who rule.

Economically excluded ecological consciousness -
Empty the revolt without evolution -
Evanescent events erased entirely,
Elliciting empty echoes:
Energy expires evoking an end.


Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Parkie Gedagtes


Julle ken teen die tyd vir my...

We’ve walked a lekker padjie together this far
from one gesȇls with one to two to us few
over time and meetings ill-attended
for all the obvious reasons
en nog gesȇls en ‘n biertjie en kak praat
ons is nou hier
the moment of action that all of that time
created.

We’ve talked the good talk
and now its that time where talk won’t do
when excuses won’t cut it
and action will define this thing that we call
Suurbraak Parkie.

Julle ken teen die tyd mekaar...

We’ve talked a lekker gedagte this far
from one idea to a few to this all
this time your presence is primary
for all the obvious reasons
en nog ‘n dag en hard werk en ander kak
praat ons nie meer nie
the moment of action is all of time
manifest.

We’ve talked the good talk
and now its that time where talk won’t do
when excuses won’t cut it
and action will define this thing that we call
Suurbraak Parkie.


Tuesday, 14 May 2019

“respect-reflect”


in f-act
a most fitting expression
of love the metaphorical
a thorn and a rose
this Love denied

again the cliché

“If you love something...”

you returned
witness to a better me
than i have ever been
and you

everything and more
i am sure
than what I sensed
as a child of five
who was all of me
once too

now in these moments
there is an ‘all of me’
witnessing all of you
abject submission:
me and my ego
and YOU my friend...


Thursday, 14 March 2019

ek in elk


siel verwand
een heelal
bring ons terug
na self

te veel bekke
wat klets
en iets te sê
het net

reach
reach out
new highs
engaging expression

een twis
word bewus
van ekke
in ander

een twis
gerus

Friday, 8 March 2019

FOR SHOM


life is so much
more than what we think
or what we do

living seperates us
from what
we could have been

the final destination
death’s lasting embrace
we forget for a moment

the differences
trivial and profound
we remember for a moment

Friday, 25 January 2019

wholding


(pic credit - MDB)

in your gaze
i am once again able
to see more of me
embracing all of you
the quintessence within
our pasts’ stories
etched upon our skins
scars caressed
tender kisses
memories of tears
in laughter
we grow knowing
yesterday’s fragility
tomorrow’s wholding

Monday, 29 October 2018

Die Naarheid


  
Baie keer 
is ek mismoedig. 

Net kak 
en sukkel 
en steel 
en oorlog. 

Ooral. 

Dan luister ek 
hier naby
en ek verwonder vir my
hoe klein
ons denke en verstand.

Elkeen kyk net 
hiervoor 
hul eie voete,
koppe in die grond.

Ons kyk mekaar mis
en as ons sien
dan is dit uit
dieselfde lense
wat so klein is.

En ek sien nie vir jou nie
omdat jy nie vir my sien nie.

Wednesday, 6 June 2018

If

If
I get any fitter
I will fuck
More people
Up

Popping wheelies in the mud


ME

I have issues
I don’t listen
I don’t learn
I don’t do
I don’t earn
Your respect
I am not
Pretty
Or easy
Neither please'y
Or jobby
Bit I am
A whole
A lot of things
That you are not
Things that are
Other manifestations
Of US
And US
ThIS US
Who are we or what
Lest we forget
Live yet again
With regret
I can’t
Pretend to be
Less than me
Yet again
In the hope
Of love.

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

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

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

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

Thursday, 9 March 2017

Incommunicado


I must accept
we all have to accept
nothing happened
no lies were told
no malicious intent
maybe just a little
incommunicado