Author Archives: Yaku Potgieter

How did I miss you in the passage of time, sliding doors to another reality? How do words and laughter become silent echoes of lost possibilities? Why do I feel such an aching grief for someone that was never mine? How do I say goodbye and let you go when you were never here withContinue reading “Lost”

There is a house I built for my soul to live in. It is not me or who I am but I love it all the same. There is a garden I tend for my thoughts to dwell in. A beautiful wall surrounds it but it cannot contain me. There is a painting I workContinue reading “Human”

The west wind brings the news. Blows away what remained behind, leaving only a haunting silence. Standing in the endless longing. Waiting for words that never come, breathless, my hope stolen away. As pictures fade from colour to grey, I wonder, do you ever think of me. Those moments that we were us? Close theContinue reading “The Wind”

A castle made of stone. Build on blood and bone. One layer after the other. I see you father, mother. I feel the rope around my wrist. It burns and cuts as my arms I twist. Drags me along a path so strange. Until it becomes my familiar stage. Eyes wide open, I walk onContinue reading “The Construct”

The dark planet orbiting, pulling at my heart.  Unseen I feel your force, circling my soul.  Creating within me a longing for the unknown.  Staring at strangers, searching for your familiarity.