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Below is a list of solemn promises

I had bound myself to

My only weakness

Was driving as only I had the key

I promise I was sober

Ascetic, clear-headed, cold sober

But adrenaline was rushing through my veins

Heart in drums as I vowed

“Shalt I lose heart

I will climb mountains

To secure yours tight

So, it might beat twice as much

For the both of us”

It was naive of me

Now I am stricken in the spirit

Awaken but not living

Stuck in time

Due to the vague feeling

Of a fiasco in my reeling

Then, like that wasn’t oppressive enough

I climbed brick walls

And oathed

“In life, two

I shalt strive

To see a smile

Brightening up your face

Failure shalt reek my tomb

And well bedridden fate

Shall climb the bridge of haste”

If loving thee was a crime

Then I was never to be a sinner

Because I did not love

Obsession was embedded in my lungs

I carried your life in my shoulders

Burdened, wilt in my vines

But only with a smile 

As onerous as it might sound

I put the pedal to the metal

And strings slowly attached

To the substrate

Only to enhance the emotion

And collapse the obligation at heart

This was written by our contributing writer, Siwaphiwe Matha.

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