I gave away a part of me
That I wanted to look at but also didn't want
To keep.
I was here, I walked on this
Grand soil
I loved, I got hurt and got my
Heart shattered.
I hurt, and took a blade
Against my flesh and
Watched the red fade and
Dissolve into water.
I lived, and I enjoyed
Every waking moment of
My bright brown eyes.
All of this I once had
Before the darkness consumed
My soul.
I loved.
I walked.
I got hurt.
I lived...
But I looked into her ocean blue eyes
And knew...
I knew it was her,
She was the one
Whom I gave the only reason
That kept me breathing, loving and hurting.
I gave away a part of me
And it stopped beating in the process.
© Malwazi Moholi
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Grade 11
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