Dreaming of smiles
endless whiles of decadence
shared out over shared moments
of an entoxicated bliss
summing up all of the
inconsequential silent instants
all of the minute wistful glances,
half caught at the corner of vision,
which can never come to fruition.
How I would revel
in wrapping you around me
maybe just once...
but to what end?
destination? consequence?
how unfulfilling it is to deny,
though, the urges which
writhe through my
not-so-subconscious mind.
So what.
So what?
frustration and wonder
are the be all end all of this scene
I'm stuck.
Stuck with this thought in my mind
Oh well.
we'll put that aside,
and carry on.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep