The cost of love



My father, a fisher man by nature
Came back home hurried like an empty hurricane,  
His fishing nets looked sad and his eyes bequiled the waves of the ocean,
His shoes coughed mud and dust as one who strives underground
His words  sounded like many waters yet silent like a grave,
I felt them, like a tiny fishing boat floating and dancing at the mercies of the waves
He reached out his black blisters hands to touch my mother's hair
Then sighed the triumph of his defeat by the ocean
I witnessed a living sarcus festival,
As he showcased the dolphin bites on the palms of his hand and felt the veins in my mother's  hair
 she smiled, her smile spread through out the room like a butterfly
Ow I knew it, she's a sheephead fish
A fish with teeth that feast on his flesh
There's nothing to tell of this story than this, true love is nothing but to loose

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This poem journeys to the true meaning of love, sacrificing oneself and allowing your spouse to be reincarnated through you

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Written on June 01, 2023

Submitted by tshifhiwaadvice on August 15, 2023

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Lavhengwa Tshifhiwa

Lavhengwa Tshifhiwa was born on the 18th of August 1998,he is poet and a self-published author of Three books. He was born and bred in Venda in a small village called Tshivhilidulu. He matriculated in 2016 and then later obtained a portion of food and beverages handling process certificate, from BLC Academy. He also obtained a business skills certificate from Oxbridge Academy in the year 2020. Currently, he is enrolled at IQ Academy in the fundamentals of marketing course. He is a chef in the making whose kitchen is not only preparing food for the body,but also food for the soul, which remains words. He is the founder of an initiative called “@L.tpoetry” which focuses on helping young upcoming poets and writers who are unable to voice out their emotions and pen down their thoughts in a logical way that they can be published and get out to the people to read, the initiative helps with editing for free, it also helps writers to find a self-publishing company and funds for the publication of the book for those who comes from disadvantaged families and can’t fund their work themselves. He has written three books so far, The first one being "The bleeding pen, which is a poetry book of 116 English poems that touches all themes of life mainly depression and anxiety. The second one is" The high school-Dom, which is a drama books that talks about all the prejudices and glories that happens in high school,. And the Third one is "My genealogy in christ in which he has considered that a human being is the most complex thing that God has ever created, he aims to travel through the mind of God who take his writings as in trying to find the manual of the mankind’s problem and dilemma, he writes to touch lives and to restore hope to the broken hearted, and his biggest aim is to be heard since everyone else wants to be seen. He wants to voice out his emotions, unspoken words, and thoughts. You can get in contact with the Author of the book through the following platforms : Instagram: author_chi_fhi_wa Facebook: Author Tshifhiwa (personal account) and Author Chi Fhi Wa(page) Email: tshifhiwaboanerges@gmail.com / tshifhiwaadvice@gmail.com WhatsApp: 0606822412 Call: 0606822412 more…

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