Mr T. Mandie Speaks

 Overwhelmed under ink Embraced in traces of her Drenched in an elegy He whispered a tale Both strange to the tongue and mind Yet strong as ...

Photo by Asad Photo Maldives For these and other lies I plead the fifth  Robbed out of time To author my peace Held in pieces Where you, st...

Photo by Pranavsinh suratia: All in the name of being a man We tear down walls of emotions Mastering the courage not to let a teardrop Yet t...

  as I bag my tears ready to roll stuck between a line that bleeds emotions in public Having torn a fabric of joy in a notion of not to care...

Photo by Gift Mutsonziwa To those of us who splash words on paper Who fears the stroke of the brush As they paint what we hide & fear th...

I hope these whispers in my head stop. Rapidly crushing She held my tongue in a vice Pulling the strings to a cupid's bow 🏹...

I gotta a story for you Hope you won't break When the ink starts dripping from my fingers As my thoughts collude with the mo...

I... I gotta ask you How do you do it? As every time, you leave me hanging Chasing a tale I fear to tell Even when the ink has a...

In the jaws of hell, Sliding into oblivion, Seeking salvation from empty pubs, Bottles preaching blissful truth, Yet in sad letters, we deli...