They said I could be everything,
I could be anything but that.
Because I was black and that would go unnoticed.
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Chapter 11 — I Thee Wed
The wedding bells are ringing as Jessica and Kyle get closer to their wedding date. Kyle opens about how he feels and Angelo ponders on whether he sees himself with Loni for the rest of his life.
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If I Could Love (VI)
It would not be with someone almost there
and not someone close enough,
if I could love,
it would be with you.
Love In A Lighthouse (Day Break Edition)
Poems written by Jade Novelist and Thandie Magwaza focused on the story of a couple seeking to restore their relationship with the help of their psychologist Dr. Linda Tshabidira.
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Nirvana
We tend to ignore that the consequence of life is death because in the end, everything dies. We often find ourselves lost for words, unable to express ourselves. A few years ago today, I received a gift that left me lost for words and a few days later, my gift was taken from me. So…
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Chapter 10 — The Morning After
Lonwabo & Angelo have sex for the first time. Something to Angelo that carries a lot of weight because this is the first time she has sex since the rape.
Angelo brings light to his relationship with Lonwabo and how he has grown.
His words show how he truly feels for Loni and how he wants a future with her.
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Tu Me Manques (Part II)
“You’re missing from me,
so I feel your absence.
I feel it
in the space between my finger tips where your hand normally goes,
where you fit just right and I feel less lonely.
I feel it
in the emptiness I’ve become accustomed to,
because none utters my name with the same passion
my existence seems less meaningful.”
The Untold: Love With Jade
An anthology written by Jade Novelist to celebrate the day of Love.
It consists of poems from his past collections “Love In 14 Days” & “ Dear Future Wife” and also new written works by him. Furthermore, as we all know Jade Novelist always chooses to go an extra mile with his anthologies and this one attests to that, as it gives us a glimpse of his own views on Love, heartbreak and his own lessons.
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Black Paradox
they taught me
Day 1: they taught me — a letter to masculinity “Boys should never cry Keep it all inside Never cross that line Boys should never cry Use your d*ck and just get over it Feels like the only way that we exist Like all that matters is your confidence” – R.LUM.R I think the greatest…
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Surrender
I want to give up all the things that make us struggle to relate,
like the misogyny and the old ways of how things should be,
I like the way they are,
the way we’ve agreed on.
