Submissions by Simon_III_Msibi (Mandla Msibi)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My poetry is mostly an exploration of the human condition.
LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Feb 2024 6:21pm
2nd Feb 2024 6:21pm
X and Y
You didn't break my heart
You took it and never gave it back
You took it and never gave it back
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Dec 2023 8:54pm
21st Dec 2023 8:54pm
I AM EVERYTHING
The worst thought that has ever crossed my mind is 'how would life be for everybody
If I was died in this very moment?'
I look at everyone's life and honestly
I don't see where I fit in
I know they'd cry for me
However after sometime
Everyone will move on
Everybodies life will be similar
Dare I say even better
It's a sad thought but it's true
Don't get me wrong this isn't merely pessimism take the reigns over my mind
This is a feeling that hurts me deeply
Have I really lived for so long
Only to be an after thought?
Have...
If I was died in this very moment?'
I look at everyone's life and honestly
I don't see where I fit in
I know they'd cry for me
However after sometime
Everyone will move on
Everybodies life will be similar
Dare I say even better
It's a sad thought but it's true
Don't get me wrong this isn't merely pessimism take the reigns over my mind
This is a feeling that hurts me deeply
Have I really lived for so long
Only to be an after thought?
Have...
#meditation
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Dec 2023 9:10pm
19th Dec 2023 9:10pm
I AM SOMETHING
I wish my life panned out better
I wish I would've gotten my wins sooner
I wish that my grandmother never died
That I could still talk to her when I'm down
I wish I still had her wisdom to get me by
I wish she saw me win
I wish my family never broke apart afterwards
I wish we would've regrouped and went forwards
I wish there wasn't animosity brewing
I wish I wouldn't done better in life
That I would have never gotten my heart broken
I wish I would've healed quicker
That life wouldn't been easier on me
I wish I never knew pain...
I wish I would've gotten my wins sooner
I wish that my grandmother never died
That I could still talk to her when I'm down
I wish I still had her wisdom to get me by
I wish she saw me win
I wish my family never broke apart afterwards
I wish we would've regrouped and went forwards
I wish there wasn't animosity brewing
I wish I wouldn't done better in life
That I would have never gotten my heart broken
I wish I would've healed quicker
That life wouldn't been easier on me
I wish I never knew pain...
#meditation
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Dec 2023 3:26pm
18th Dec 2023 3:26pm
I AM NOTHING
On the day I was born
What was meant to be a warm spring day turned cold
That is what I have been told
I was born silent
Giving rise to a panick
Because I didn't cry
Giving rise to the irony
That I'd grow up with watery eyes
Through the years
I have been a strange kid
Comfortable with being alone
Comfortable with walking my own path
Just doing me without the need for validation
However
This has brought tons of commentary
Each highlighting that I'm not ordinary
Tons of why's
I was not rebellious don't get me...
What was meant to be a warm spring day turned cold
That is what I have been told
I was born silent
Giving rise to a panick
Because I didn't cry
Giving rise to the irony
That I'd grow up with watery eyes
Through the years
I have been a strange kid
Comfortable with being alone
Comfortable with walking my own path
Just doing me without the need for validation
However
This has brought tons of commentary
Each highlighting that I'm not ordinary
Tons of why's
I was not rebellious don't get me...
#myself
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Nov 2023 8:04am
18th Nov 2023 8:04am
Laugh
It's time for me to accept my fate
As the villain in this story
I have tried it all
Still in this ring,
I am a natural Heel
or at least that's how I feel
I don't know but this is my lot
I've given it all I've got
Yet its never enough
I'll never be seen
for who I really am
So let's play the game
With the script which I have been given
The whole world is now on notice
As the villain in this story
I have tried it all
Still in this ring,
I am a natural Heel
or at least that's how I feel
I don't know but this is my lot
I've given it all I've got
Yet its never enough
I'll never be seen
for who I really am
So let's play the game
With the script which I have been given
The whole world is now on notice
#identity
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SELF POEM
Published
25th Oct 2023 5:01pm
25th Oct 2023 5:01pm
Blame
I'm the type of person to blame myself for everything
When things go wrong I ask myself how I could've changed things
Think of all tha variables that lead to said situation
Rerun a conversation in my head over and ober again
To constantly beat up a dead horse
I'm prone to fixing things
Which has helped me a lot professionally
But personally
This is a type of hell
'You can't solve the past
You can only live going forwards'
Well this is sound thinking
But I'm tend to go back a lot
Maybe I just hate losing
Maybe I can't...
When things go wrong I ask myself how I could've changed things
Think of all tha variables that lead to said situation
Rerun a conversation in my head over and ober again
To constantly beat up a dead horse
I'm prone to fixing things
Which has helped me a lot professionally
But personally
This is a type of hell
'You can't solve the past
You can only live going forwards'
Well this is sound thinking
But I'm tend to go back a lot
Maybe I just hate losing
Maybe I can't...
#SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Aug 2023 9:21am
25th Aug 2023 9:21am
The story of somebody
He lived
He loved
He laughed
and cried
All in one lifetime
He loved
He laughed
and cried
All in one lifetime
#LifeCycle
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Aug 2023 7:36pm
21st Aug 2023 7:36pm
Let's go back to Pretending
Let's go back to pretending
Let's go back to saying things we don't mean
Let's go back to saying we care
Let's go back to the days
When we still loved each other
Let's go back to looking at each other
As if this moment was all we had
Let's go back to sweet kisses
Let's go back to getting to know each other
Let's go back to the laughter
Let's go back to pretending
Pretending that we are both happy
Pretending that everything is working out
Let's pretend no ones heart has been broken
Let's pretend we are meant...
Let's go back to saying things we don't mean
Let's go back to saying we care
Let's go back to the days
When we still loved each other
Let's go back to looking at each other
As if this moment was all we had
Let's go back to sweet kisses
Let's go back to getting to know each other
Let's go back to the laughter
Let's go back to pretending
Pretending that we are both happy
Pretending that everything is working out
Let's pretend no ones heart has been broken
Let's pretend we are meant...
#love
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
15th Aug 2023 8:22pm
15th Aug 2023 8:22pm
The Forgotten
Oh lord
Don't forget me
It does feel like you have
It does feel like I'm overlooked
Like my day will never come
I am still working at it
I am still stumbling and falling
So why do I feel forgotten?
Will my time ever come?
I don't know
Don't forget me
It does feel like you have
It does feel like I'm overlooked
Like my day will never come
I am still working at it
I am still stumbling and falling
So why do I feel forgotten?
Will my time ever come?
I don't know
#faith
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
15th Aug 2023 8:18pm
15th Aug 2023 8:18pm
Nobody
Thank you for trusting yourself
You have made it very far
Yet you are just getting started
You have made it very far
Yet you are just getting started
#LifeCycle
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1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2023 8:44pm
2nd Aug 2023 8:44pm
Chapter One
I am almost there I know it
It's just the wait that gets to me
For a very long time
I felt like I couldn't breathe
I felt like a nobody
I felt forgotton
It took a while but I clawed back
Falling down here and there
Yet getting up to try again
Now what I want is so close
Yet I can't grab onto it yet
My journey was never near it's end
This has all just been the prologue
It's just the wait that gets to me
For a very long time
I felt like I couldn't breathe
I felt like a nobody
I felt forgotton
It took a while but I clawed back
Falling down here and there
Yet getting up to try again
Now what I want is so close
Yet I can't grab onto it yet
My journey was never near it's end
This has all just been the prologue
#dreams
85 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
1st Aug 2023 8:38pm
1st Aug 2023 8:38pm
Nowhere just Here
One step forwards
Another step backwards
I think I'm ready this time
One step forwards
Another step backwards
No it's not time
I still have to work on myself
One step forwards
Another step backwards
I feel so strongly for this person
One step forwards
I really a future here
One step backwards
Boy was that a fantasy
One step forwards
Let me put myself out there
One step backwards
Well nobody gets me
One step forwards
Wait are we flirting
One step backwards
We never spoke again ...
Another step backwards
I think I'm ready this time
One step forwards
Another step backwards
No it's not time
I still have to work on myself
One step forwards
Another step backwards
I feel so strongly for this person
One step forwards
I really a future here
One step backwards
Boy was that a fantasy
One step forwards
Let me put myself out there
One step backwards
Well nobody gets me
One step forwards
Wait are we flirting
One step backwards
We never spoke again ...
#love
#relationships
#romantic
#FallingInLove
#UnrequitedLove
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