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
14th Jan 2023 4:49pm
14th Jan 2023 4:49pm
From Logic to Love
The one before the one
The one who teaches you to love
The one who makes you realize you love being in love
The one whose heart you break
And never fully forgive yourself for doing so
The one you slowly start to forget
When your life starts coming together
The one who saw your tears
The one who made you comfortable with being bare
The one who laughed with you
The one who comforted you
The one who you won't grow old with
The one who you will start to remember
When you see your own child meet someone similar
You will warn...
The one who teaches you to love
The one who makes you realize you love being in love
The one whose heart you break
And never fully forgive yourself for doing so
The one you slowly start to forget
When your life starts coming together
The one who saw your tears
The one who made you comfortable with being bare
The one who laughed with you
The one who comforted you
The one who you won't grow old with
The one who you will start to remember
When you see your own child meet someone similar
You will warn...
#love
83 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2023 12:27pm
3rd Jan 2023 12:27pm
I'm too good at breaking my own heart
Vivid imagination
Coupled with good intention
Always leads to inflated opinions of who a person could be
More so who you could be for another
Preparation and taking care
Time given filled with attentiveness
Missing all the marks
Yet still continuing on this journey
All to fall of the cliff
The cliff of your heightened opinion
Falling to your death
Yet along the way thinking
Thinking of all that could've been
Thinking of all that you have missed
Feeling like a fool
Yet having no way to take things back ...
Coupled with good intention
Always leads to inflated opinions of who a person could be
More so who you could be for another
Preparation and taking care
Time given filled with attentiveness
Missing all the marks
Yet still continuing on this journey
All to fall of the cliff
The cliff of your heightened opinion
Falling to your death
Yet along the way thinking
Thinking of all that could've been
Thinking of all that you have missed
Feeling like a fool
Yet having no way to take things back ...
#lover
#UnrequitedLove
#hurt
112 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Dec 2022 6:33pm
28th Dec 2022 6:33pm
Shedding
A Hello would be nice
But I only get those when you're in trouble
But I only get those when you're in trouble
#meditation
47 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Nov 2022 7:36pm
12th Nov 2022 7:36pm
A Million Pieces
A Million Pieces
Take forever to put back together
They have you searching
The world over for those pieces
That were blown away by the wind
You grab the pieces you can
Yet they slip away like sand
Slipping through your fingers
You need these pieces though
Because without them you're just hollow
So you go out into the world
Searching for the pieces of your heart
Whilst many step on fragments
Without even batting an eye
Scouring the world over
Only to be left cold
Taking the piece you can...
Take forever to put back together
They have you searching
The world over for those pieces
That were blown away by the wind
You grab the pieces you can
Yet they slip away like sand
Slipping through your fingers
You need these pieces though
Because without them you're just hollow
So you go out into the world
Searching for the pieces of your heart
Whilst many step on fragments
Without even batting an eye
Scouring the world over
Only to be left cold
Taking the piece you can...
#love
#heartbroken
#tragedy
#suffering
#hurt
151 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Sep 2022 3:48pm
9th Sep 2022 3:48pm
Tension
You stood there
Close enough to kiss me
Yet the question loomed
Should we?
Close enough to kiss me
Yet the question loomed
Should we?
#love
#crush
133 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Aug 2022 7:32am
7th Aug 2022 7:32am
Love's Face
Love Embraces
but doesn't hold too tightly
Love nurtures the seed
But not with intention
to take away the fruits of labour
Love protects
But love doesn't hide you away
Love let's you soar the skies
Love isn't the sun that melts your wings
Love picks you up when you crash down
Without putting weights on your new wings
Love floods you
But doesn't drown you
Anything other than this
Is just fear pretending to be love
Because love trusts its own teaching
Love let's you grow and share it with others
Fear claims...
but doesn't hold too tightly
Love nurtures the seed
But not with intention
to take away the fruits of labour
Love protects
But love doesn't hide you away
Love let's you soar the skies
Love isn't the sun that melts your wings
Love picks you up when you crash down
Without putting weights on your new wings
Love floods you
But doesn't drown you
Anything other than this
Is just fear pretending to be love
Because love trusts its own teaching
Love let's you grow and share it with others
Fear claims...
#love
146 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Jul 2022 10:55am
23rd Jul 2022 10:55am
Done
I'm done
It's done
That's all
I have
It's done
That's all
I have
#LifeAsAWriter
73 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Jun 2022 7:28pm
15th Jun 2022 7:28pm
You Were Worth Waiting For
It took a minute to lick my wounds
Another to learn to walk
And yet another to wake
To my reality
I had to wander
In these deserts with no water
Dying slowly as I watched
Others flourish
Finding no oasis, I waited
Leaving only my mind to wonder
I asked myself who
Am I?
I asked myself why
Am I here?
I asked what
Am I ready for?
Then asked when
Will I be ready?
It took me a minute to get back
To leave the wilderness
And emerge as a better me
I had to wait for you
And boy were you...
Another to learn to walk
And yet another to wake
To my reality
I had to wander
In these deserts with no water
Dying slowly as I watched
Others flourish
Finding no oasis, I waited
Leaving only my mind to wonder
I asked myself who
Am I?
I asked myself why
Am I here?
I asked what
Am I ready for?
Then asked when
Will I be ready?
It took me a minute to get back
To leave the wilderness
And emerge as a better me
I had to wait for you
And boy were you...
#SelfReflection
#meditation
141 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2022 8:45pm
2nd Jun 2022 8:45pm
Workhorse Story
It's about time I admit this
I love work
Honestly I really love work
However it's all in what I am doing
I wish it was all just about the money
Then I would be happy just sitting around yet getting paid
This isn't a I'm the good guy story
Rather it's a discussion of my curse
I take pride in my work
To just do anything to get by
isn't good enough for me
I need to feel like I've earned my keep
So when I really get into work mode
Man that's my life expressed
It gets tough though,
because not everywhere ...
I love work
Honestly I really love work
However it's all in what I am doing
I wish it was all just about the money
Then I would be happy just sitting around yet getting paid
This isn't a I'm the good guy story
Rather it's a discussion of my curse
I take pride in my work
To just do anything to get by
isn't good enough for me
I need to feel like I've earned my keep
So when I really get into work mode
Man that's my life expressed
It gets tough though,
because not everywhere ...
#SelfReflection
#job
216 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2022 7:34am
2nd Jun 2022 7:34am
The Day
I guess you just get over it all
You get over all the hurt
You get over all the hope
You just become nothing
And at the same time
You become something
You never thought you'd be
You get over all the hurt
You get over all the hope
You just become nothing
And at the same time
You become something
You never thought you'd be
#meditation
167 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
30th May 2022 6:19pm
30th May 2022 6:19pm
Moments to Come
Would you believe me
If I told you about my
personal history
If I showed you a side to me
Which only a few get to see
Those moments that are like
A cold winters day
When any glimmer of sunlight
Is a delight to the soul
Could my words be
like that first sip of tea
Warming you up slightly
Would you in believe me
If I told you my dreams
Unfiltered as is
Not fitting the status quo
Would you believe in me
As I strive towards
Especially on the days
When no ground is broken into
Would you believe...
If I told you about my
personal history
If I showed you a side to me
Which only a few get to see
Those moments that are like
A cold winters day
When any glimmer of sunlight
Is a delight to the soul
Could my words be
like that first sip of tea
Warming you up slightly
Would you in believe me
If I told you my dreams
Unfiltered as is
Not fitting the status quo
Would you believe in me
As I strive towards
Especially on the days
When no ground is broken into
Would you believe...
#love
#relationships
#faith #support
#faith #support
217 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th May 2022 2:37pm
28th May 2022 2:37pm
The Longing
I wish I knew that the last time
Would be the last time
That we actually got together
I would have savored the moments
I wish I would've done more
To stay around you
But really it was just a dalliance
You probably don't even think about me
The music in the background
The moaning and groaning
The conversations in between
All of this is now just a footnote
In our personal histories
I wish I knew that the last time
Would be the last time
You didn't leave me with regret
I was left longing
Wishing I was less...
Would be the last time
That we actually got together
I would have savored the moments
I wish I would've done more
To stay around you
But really it was just a dalliance
You probably don't even think about me
The music in the background
The moaning and groaning
The conversations in between
All of this is now just a footnote
In our personal histories
I wish I knew that the last time
Would be the last time
You didn't leave me with regret
I was left longing
Wishing I was less...
#lover
#UnrequitedLove
176 reads
7 Comments
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