Beautiful Minds

I fear the love I have for you. I made the vow to let go and let love lead, but now I realize that...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:45:58 -0400

I fear the love I have for you.
I made the vow to let go and let love lead, but now I realize that I am losing fragments of myself.
When the fear of losing you is like a pistol to my head and my inner voice is being held hostage by the burning desire to prove my love for you.
I know that this love is dangerous

Lilly

One day you will arrive at heavens door and enter a room filled with love. A child with a face you...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:01:29 -0400

One day you will arrive at heavens door and enter a room filled with love.
A child with a face you cannot recognize will call you mother.
And images of that back room Dr will project on the walls of your mind.

You remember that day.
That day you were laying on your back, legs wide open as scalpels were used to heave out your womanhood.
This, this isn’t how it was the last time you were laying down in the comfort of your own room.
In that moment there was passion.
Bodies moving in unison.
As you were lead to a distant land where only you and him existed.
But then, there was three of you.
You, him and the thing growing in your belly.

You will stare at the child. As you see the endless possibilities they could have presented.
You will realize, that you had housed a sacred being.
Within you there was life.
Which you forcefully evicted from its sanctuary.

You remember that day, and the blood filled bed of that dark dingy room.
The indescribable pain.
A far cry from the angelic face that stands before you.
You wish more than ever that things could be different.
That you had listened to the elders who always cautioned us about where we lay our bodies.
“Young lady, get off your back. This is no place for a woman like you.
These are not the laurels that grandma, mme, ausi or mosadi have taught you to rest on”

So rethink THIS day young lady.
Don’t ever forget that within your womb lies hope.
Choose wisely the bed you make.
And do not create a soul that will live motherlessly.
Anticipating the day you will arrive at heavens door.

Lilly

“The rhythmic movements of the ocean Go in. Out. In. Waves usurp the sand. Resembling the coup...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:02:31 -0400

“The rhythmic movements of the ocean
Go in. Out. In.
Waves usurp the sand.
Resembling the coup d’état of my senses.
You seize the capital of my body.
A victim so willing to comply.
I am overcome by the freshness of the new breeze.
Replenishing shorelines once ruled by dictators.
Dictators of doubt. Dictators of deception.

Your,your…
Your revolution is soldiered by love.
That. Heart beating so loud echoing the sounds of waves against rocks as the old city burns, love.
That. Fighting through the trenches of fear and vulnerability love.
That. Purifying love.
That let me wash joy upon your shoreline love.
That. Let go love.
Freedom.

A clear realization.
Your presence was long awaited.
Our existences seem, seem so undeniably complementary.
Without the ocean… the beach is but a desert.
Without the martyrdom… only oppression flourishes.
Without love… my city will become obsolete.

You bring with you assurance.
Belief.
Trust.
A new found recognition that within me lies a haven for the unimaginable.
Beneath my waters.
Beyond my weapons.
A warrior.
A warrior of love.

For this new governance I will surrender to the rhythmic movements of the ocean.
Not dodging the bullets.
The explosions.
The fires.
Just…
Just, letting love take over.
As a new city is created.
And nature sings a new anthem.
And the rhythmic movements of the ocean
Go in. Out. In….”

Lilly

Photo

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:21:27 -0500

Photo

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:54:32 -0500

openthejar: “BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE” @WWF

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:33:16 -0500

openthejar:

“BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE” @WWF

Zuma Restaurant, London

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:19:18 -0500

Zuma Restaurant, London

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:17:00 -0500

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

2leestark: ART+CULTURE+CHIVALRY| rachelrobs: inspirational

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:13:21 -0400

2leestark:

ART+CULTURE+CHIVALRY|

rachelrobs:

inspirational

"Determine what God has given you and take from it what you need. The remainder is needed by others."

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:10:31 -0400

“Determine what God has given you and take from it what you need. The remainder is needed by others.”

- Saint Augustine

"Before you speak, ask yourself - is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve on the..."

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:26:54 -0400

“Before you speak, ask yourself - is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve on the silence?”

- Shirdi Sai Baba

An everyday kinda lesson

(via novamiu)

"The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in..."

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:05:18 -0400

“The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.”

- Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn; The Cancer Ward (via likeqin)

This is a recent Lenovo advert being flighted in South Africa....

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:11:24 -0400

This is a recent Lenovo advert being flighted in South Africa. Really appreciate the message behind it.

Go out and DO!

Video

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:08:38 -0400

Our duty to the Environment

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:35:31 -0400

“Making ourselves more vulnerable so that the rest of existence can become more secure. Choosing to serve and nurture even though we have it in our power to dominate and extract”

“The need to limit one’s control over the world, the need to master one’s own power”

Truth

Sun, 29 May 2011 14:27:08 -0400

“More than ever before there is a culture of wealth at all costs. It’s all about conspicuous consumption ad instant gratification without any hard work. This need to be seen as successful, and greed combined with a sense of entitlement, leads to crime and corruption”- Zakes Mda

Touched

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:59:17 -0400

“The age we live in is dangerously without culture and this connects with the ecological disaster that we have in front of us…if you become an art lover and a reader, you stop engaging in the consumer world, you’re no longer a victim of propaganda. And the biggest danger of propaganda is non-stop distraction-anything that prevents people from really thinking. So I believe that culture is the antidote to propaganda and advertising. If we’re all thinking the same thing, we’re not thinking!”- Vivienne Westwood

"Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.."

Tue, 24 May 2011 05:14:30 -0400

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed..”

- Nietzsche (via buriedinsin)

"We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only..."

Tue, 24 May 2011 05:04:32 -0400

“We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.”

- James Baldwin, in No Name in the Street. (via mehreenkasana)

Needs and Wants

Sat, 21 May 2011 06:47:42 -0400

Just because you can buy anything and everything doesn’t mean that you should.