The early stages of maintaining boundaries for your peace can be the most challenging. Especially when you end up confusing access with acceptance, or presence with progress. Just because they show up, doesn’t mean they’ve stepped up. You owe no one your softness if they haven’t earned your safety. Protect your peace even from those … Continue reading Maintaining Boundaries
My Pen Isn’t Borrowed
My pen was never taken from me, because my gift is an inheritance. The ink I write with was never meant to run dry…it flows from an abundant well, passed down through spirit and blood. I write not just to tell stories, but to heal myself, and those who come across my words. I don’t … Continue reading My Pen Isn’t Borrowed
He Lost His Home When Chasing The Stage
So she pulled back to let him thrive, to stop messing with his bag as he would call it…whenever she would express her discomfort during troublesome times. He said she was holding him back… as if her love was a leash, as if her presence was a prison, as if her discomfort with his absence … Continue reading He Lost His Home When Chasing The Stage
Njinga🤍
My grandfather continues to watch over me through my baby brother, who carries not only his name but his spirit. Even during gloomy or sunny days, ngiva umoya wakhe…as it calmly blankets me with his warmth. Ngiyati, uMkhulu usahamba nami guiding my steps like an elder beside the sacred fire, unseen yet ever near, walking … Continue reading Njinga🤍
Go Manage yourself
Go manage yourself, Leaving the rest of us alone. You are the one who lacks the authority you boldly speak of. Go manage yourself, Leaving the rest of us alone, You crave power, yet you can’t even contain your own chaos. Go manage yourself, Leaving the rest of us alone, It is your tongue, sharp … Continue reading Go Manage yourself
For Children of the Soil
One day, this African girl will make her people proud. One day, this African girl will make it in life. One day, this African girl will spark change. One day, this African girl will become the dream she dreams to be. 💛🌻 One day, African people will know true joy. One day, African people will … Continue reading For Children of the Soil
When A Billionaire Speaks for the State
What happens when unelected elites hijack the national voice? Allowing another country’s president to belittle you and your nation as a sitting head of state, especially on a global stage and based on baseless claims is dangerous and unacceptable. You cannot sacrifice your country’s sovereignty to maintain a so-called peace that only serves the interests … Continue reading When A Billionaire Speaks for the State
My Exit Is My Alignment
In Letting Go, I Return To The Rhythm Of My Bloodline I have come to accept that I cannot change what refuses to change. I cannot transform what resists transformation, nor can I walk into the future while holding onto a past that does not belong to me...or to my ancestors. The same applies to … Continue reading My Exit Is My Alignment
I Refuse to Be Diminished
A Prayer for the Misunderstood I am not a child. I am not a mistake. I am not an afterthought or a shadow cowering in the corners of your discomfort. I am the answered prayer of generations. I am the dream dreamt by those who carried buckets on their heads and hope in their hearts. … Continue reading I Refuse to Be Diminished
In The Arms Of My Ancestors
‘Never lost nor forgotten’ One thing about my ancestors? They never miss a moment to reveal themselves to me. In whispers, in visions, in signs too divine to ignore they speak, they show, they guide. I do not question them. How could I? Their love is old, unwavering, and wise beyond lifetimes. I trust them … Continue reading In The Arms Of My Ancestors
La Nkosi Writes 