Mishack O Madubandlela Poems

To love is to care
To love is not just to show compassion, but to be compassionate
It is to know deep down that you are truly passionate
Passion always pays better
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Dear Mishack
I'm your biggest fan
No one cares about me and no one gives a damn
Just write me back if you get the chance
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One look, one smile.
One wave, one shy.
That is the only shy you ever feel
One greet, one date.
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Scary, frightening,
Leaving you alone with your worst fears
It's how you feel in the dark
Is that how they felt when they saw us?
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One, I love you
two, I love you,
three, I love you
four, I'm sorry but that's all that comes to mind when I think of you
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My anxiety holds me hostage in my house
Anxiety is the out-of-town show-off cousin that depression felt obligated to bring to the party
I am the party
Only I am the party I don't want to be at
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Even if we both break down tonight
I know everything will be alright
I've made a lot of mistakes
Thinking maybe I should pack my keepsakes
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Bring me trays to the table
Second hand smoke
Still just drinking canned Coke
Still, I can't say no!
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I'd rather be a lover than a fighter
All my life I've been fighting
The Silence, so loud
I need earplugs
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Creepy, eerie, scary, frightening
But, most of all… DꙘRK
Oh yes! Very dark
Scared of the devil, are you?
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