Entries from September 2007

September 25, 2007

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There She stands, I know, waiting for me
Ever patient, ever loving does she not see?
I cannot look her in the eye for the crooked ways in which I grow
I am no longer the same and my soul shudders from sorrow.

This is unnatural!

My sun has fled and my moon has died
I was never drawn [...]

September 25, 2007

In the eye of the beholder

I must have been five or six when I slapped Shasha for calling me a ‘Black Monkey’ on the play ground in front of my bestfriend Sam and his twin, who religiously scribbled marriage proposals to me almost daily. This incident crops up every now and then as I contemplate that mysterious thing called race.For [...]

September 22, 2007

Let the journey begin!

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