• Poetry

    Pages Turn

    October 7, 2021 - By 

    Pages turn, and spines are bent To fold comfortably in the hand Bound together into chapters And seamed into place A book has a start and an end All in a total sense, from one mystery to the next But the pages of my heart hold an archive of scrolls Manuscripts far too fragile to be bent Years of chronicles and fables bound into stories Holding secret pains Parchments of a soft flesh-like kind Written in dribs and drabs Incomplete Pages fall loosely, splitting at the seams Chapters in scribbles in a cute mad-like disarray There seems to be no…

  • Poetry

    Here’s to what was meant to break me!

    August 23, 2021 - By 

    I will wear it like a medal of honour I hear the hisses and snarling murmurs Who does she think she is? I hold it up high like a torch to a race See, see, ask what you will For I wear it like a medal of honour Oh, she is no good! She is not worthy! I disapprove! It is mine to keep, a bestowal if you wish History has spoken, who are you to judge? I place it on a mantel next to my other prized possessions Go and see it if you please For you will not…

  • Blog

    Sparrow, Pearl and Waterfall

    June 4, 2021 - By 

    The Lesson of the Sparrow  This beautiful feather-winged creature, with a voice bigger than itself, sings out every morning. The early bird sets off to catch his worm. Dodging raindrops, soaring like a military airplane through the battlefields, this tiny music box doesn’t seem to be bothered by any obstacles around him. Swift and agile, he moves and thinks as fast as his wings.  Under the watchful eye of his newly found love, he so patiently weaves his low-hanging nest. He doesn’t stop singing. If you listen carefully, his chirps grow louder each time. Merrily, they synchronise their movements, gracefully…

  • Poetry

    Fallen One

    May 25, 2021 - By 

    Oh, desolate one Way too beautiful to be overlooked  Sing, I say… For many are your afflictions   But with everlasting kindness, you, too, will be lifted again  Oh, broken one  For you are far too precious not to be loved  For the Mighty one cometh this way  And with great mercy, He will gather you  Hold fast, I say, ohh fallen one  For the winds of life shall bruise you no more  The wise one rides this way soonest  It is said, He binds the broken-hearted and He makes whole the crushed in spirit  Do not be afraid; you will…

  • Blog

    What the world sees as trash God sees as treasure

    March 26, 2021 - By 

    Part 2: Eureka “A diamond on the finger of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” – Joseph Roux I live in a country that is known for its diamonds. South Africa maintains its position as a major diamond producer in the world. Diamonds, natural creations made from carbon, are said to warm up any heart of stone. Our gemstone story began in 1866 at the Orange River, when the young 15-year-old, Erasmus Jacobs, found a transparent pebble on his father’s farm. At the time, he did not know the value of this 21.25 carat stone.…