Kleinbooi Soyani is a poet based in Cape Town, South Africa. His work delves into the intersections of human experience and decision-making, weaving themes of choice, resilience, and transformation into evocative verse that reflects life's profound crossroads.
Hear now the tale that the storm has sung,
When skies were heavy and the earth was young.
Upon the glass, the rain did write,
A thousand runes in the fading light.
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Beneath the sun's shimmering gaze,
A quiet pool holds a thousand ways—
Fragments of stone, jagged and worn,
Stories of ages in silence born.
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A bench holds the weight of a single soul,
Framed by a horizon painted in fire and gold.
The sky bleeds whispers of day's last breath,
Where shadows stretch, and time forgets.
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