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
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
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th May 2022 8:55pm
14th May 2022 8:55pm
Cement
This isn't my home
Though I've lived here for years
This isn't my home
Though the memories are warm
This isn't my home
Though we have peace
This isn't my home
We just stay here
Yet deep down
Anytime we could be thrown out
A roof over your head
Is a blessing
I hope you know that
Because that's the one thing
I've never had
Protection from the rain
Is only rented from month to month
Yet deep down you know
You hold no power
Deep down you know
That you're walking on eggshells ...
Though I've lived here for years
This isn't my home
Though the memories are warm
This isn't my home
Though we have peace
This isn't my home
We just stay here
Yet deep down
Anytime we could be thrown out
A roof over your head
Is a blessing
I hope you know that
Because that's the one thing
I've never had
Protection from the rain
Is only rented from month to month
Yet deep down you know
You hold no power
Deep down you know
That you're walking on eggshells ...
#home
#homelessness
493 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th May 2022 6:41pm
13th May 2022 6:41pm
Crown
Honestly
I'm really
sorry
I'm sorry
for all the moments
in which I stopping
believing in myself
I'm sorry
to all the people who
didn't get the best of me
I'm sorry
for all the projects
that amounted to nothing
I'm sorry for almost giving up
I'm sorry for almost giving up
I'm really sorry
for almost giving up
I really was that close
Life really was that dark
I don't even know
how I got through it
Some days feel like
I'm still in the mud
Yet...
I'm really
sorry
I'm sorry
for all the moments
in which I stopping
believing in myself
I'm sorry
to all the people who
didn't get the best of me
I'm sorry
for all the projects
that amounted to nothing
I'm sorry for almost giving up
I'm sorry for almost giving up
I'm really sorry
for almost giving up
I really was that close
Life really was that dark
I don't even know
how I got through it
Some days feel like
I'm still in the mud
Yet...
#ImSorry
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th May 2022 12:03pm
13th May 2022 12:03pm
Community
I lost all my friends
One day you're all together
Another day Years have gone by
I lost most of my friends
Some are gettin married
Others have kids
I lost all of my friends
There hasn't been a formal
Ceremony to admit to this
But really it's time to accept this
I tried to reach out to everyone
Yet that too faded away
Things just aren't the same
The nostalgia doesn't last long
Soon you find yourself losing touch
In a era in which people are always
on their phones, it's crazy how hard
it is for...
One day you're all together
Another day Years have gone by
I lost most of my friends
Some are gettin married
Others have kids
I lost all of my friends
There hasn't been a formal
Ceremony to admit to this
But really it's time to accept this
I tried to reach out to everyone
Yet that too faded away
Things just aren't the same
The nostalgia doesn't last long
Soon you find yourself losing touch
In a era in which people are always
on their phones, it's crazy how hard
it is for...
#breakup
#friendship
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2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Apr 2022 3:51pm
27th Apr 2022 3:51pm
Chance
Hey you!
Yes you!
Take a roll of this dice
And depending on where it lands
You could end up on this side of the tracks or the other
Just put your fate on this roll
Oh who cares about equality
If you win you win big
Who doesn't like that type of risk?
Come on now
Put your soul on the line
Look at them they've won before
Come on now
Pit your happiness on the line
Throw it high
Or even to the side
It doesn't matter
Just make sure you play this game
For...
Yes you!
Take a roll of this dice
And depending on where it lands
You could end up on this side of the tracks or the other
Just put your fate on this roll
Oh who cares about equality
If you win you win big
Who doesn't like that type of risk?
Come on now
Put your soul on the line
Look at them they've won before
Come on now
Pit your happiness on the line
Throw it high
Or even to the side
It doesn't matter
Just make sure you play this game
For...
#fate
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2022 6:54pm
11th Apr 2022 6:54pm
Connected
You ever meet someone
Only to find out
That they know someone
That you know
Really well?
I means it's an out
Of this world feeling
To learn about how small
The world can be
Better yet
How strange it is that
all of you have never been
in the same space
at the same time
Yet all your lives are connected
Only to find out
That they know someone
That you know
Really well?
I means it's an out
Of this world feeling
To learn about how small
The world can be
Better yet
How strange it is that
all of you have never been
in the same space
at the same time
Yet all your lives are connected
#TruthOfLife
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SELF POEM
Published
8th Apr 2022 9:06pm
8th Apr 2022 9:06pm
Contempting
Back to the drawing board
Nothing is working out
Yet you want it so bad to
You need something to break
However all doors are shut
It's still only a matter of time
It all starts with contemplating
Nothing is working out
Yet you want it so bad to
You need something to break
However all doors are shut
It's still only a matter of time
It all starts with contemplating
#SelfReflection
#meditation
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1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
31st Mar 2022 4:13pm
31st Mar 2022 4:13pm
Consequences
When Mom and Dad
don't get along
It's the child that feels
the consequences.
Nobody cares about
The price when
endeavors resume
Because
It's all fair in
love and war
don't get along
It's the child that feels
the consequences.
Nobody cares about
The price when
endeavors resume
Because
It's all fair in
love and war
#mother
#father
#children
#LifeStruggles
#despair
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SELF POEM
Published
25th Mar 2022 2:34pm
25th Mar 2022 2:34pm
Conquest
No matter how low my life can get
No matter how far into the darkness
I may fall.
There will always be a light
that I keep following
There is always something
Which gets me out
It goes by many names
I call it a Dream
This life is about my Conquest
And the Actualization of my Dream
I am Here
No matter how far into the darkness
I may fall.
There will always be a light
that I keep following
There is always something
Which gets me out
It goes by many names
I call it a Dream
This life is about my Conquest
And the Actualization of my Dream
I am Here
#depression
#dark
#dreams
#uplifting
#SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Mar 2022 2:25pm
25th Mar 2022 2:25pm
Cornered
The world moves
With or without you
Sometimes you find your life
So stagnant
That you find yourself
Cornered and under siege
By all the things
You desire Least
With or without you
Sometimes you find your life
So stagnant
That you find yourself
Cornered and under siege
By all the things
You desire Least
#LifeStruggles
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2022 9:35am
22nd Mar 2022 9:35am
Control
I wish I had more control
over my own life
Right now I'm just surfing
the waves of whatever
comes my way
over my own life
Right now I'm just surfing
the waves of whatever
comes my way
#LifeStruggles
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6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Mar 2022 10:33am
12th Mar 2022 10:33am
The Guillotine
One of my flaws
Is in never talking about my accolades
To me there's always a next
So I let the past be
Still though for some odd reason
When you don't talk about what you've done
People look down on you
It's as if respect is for sale now
What's even funnier is the switch up
When they realize who you are
By then it's too late
That first impression is forever
Looking down on people
is a dangerous game
Because for all you know
Being high on a platform
And looking down
Could actually mean...
Is in never talking about my accolades
To me there's always a next
So I let the past be
Still though for some odd reason
When you don't talk about what you've done
People look down on you
It's as if respect is for sale now
What's even funnier is the switch up
When they realize who you are
By then it's too late
That first impression is forever
Looking down on people
is a dangerous game
Because for all you know
Being high on a platform
And looking down
Could actually mean...
#anger
#prose
#humankind
#learning
#SelfWorth
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