i lost youlittle girl frolicking in the playgroundinnocent little oneeyes filled with wonder for the things aroundi lost youyoung lady standing next to your motherlooking down at the floortoo shy to even botheri lost youwoman standing at a crossroadnot knowing what to doyour sacredness always showedi was born out of youyour humble insecuritiesmy greatest strengthsi…
Tag: Journey
last time
remember the last timeyou were here dearlytears shedding down my facea hope for a future a simple futurethat was itthe last timebefore reality hit the trials of adulthood caught up to usdestiny paved its wayyou found someone elsei found myself do you remember the last timethat lingers with me from time to timea memory not…
weather
you are like the weatherall four seasons in onetread lightlythe thunder roars inside of youholding back the rainfor another cloudy day you are like the weatherall four seasons in oneswooping in like a gust of windalways ready to save the dayyour light shines brightlyno one can bear to stay anyway you are like the weatherblissful…
spirit animal
lets run freewind bristling through our hairwandering without a careseeking each otherhowling at the moonwondrous moments made only for us twoas we run wildas we run free By The Magnetic Compass
After the rain – King’s Kloof Hiking Trail
If you have been following along for the last couple of months, you will know the King’s Kloof Hiking Trails formed part of my Thirty before 30 to-do list, in particular the first item on the list. It has been such an honor to gradually tick off the items on the list as time goes…
From North to the Southern-most point of Africa – An extended road trip
This summer holiday was probably one of the best holidays we as a family have ever taken. Yes, I had my reservations of being away from home for Christmas. Yes, I was a little bit cautious of myself and my father taking the whole camp down by ourselves (but let’s be real, the whole family…
New beginnings – The list explained (Part 8)
You guys! We made it! The last installment of the list explained! Obviously not final-final… There will be a mid-way recap coming up as well as one right after my birthday to recap everything that was done and that was not done over the course of the six months leading up to my Thirtieth! Now…
impressed
the way you command a roomyour gaze never leaving mesoft eyes radiating pure strengthsubtle touches barely recognized by the resta peck on the cheekyour musky scent exhilaratingthe appreciation for the finer thingsa mind filled with curiosityhidden talents you only share privatelydare i say these things are all impressive to me by The Magnetic Compass
A stroll with the baboons – A day trip to Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens
We have a tradition, my mother and I. Every year on the 6th of January we go to the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens to have a little bit of mother-daughter time before I head home after the holidays. It started as a coincidence, but I think it is a nice tradition that evolved through…
starlight
the daylight fades across the horizonbeautiful colors painting the skycheerful strangers sprawled acrosswaiting for the darkness to fallthe starlight dim across the skystrangers caught up in insightful conversationmocking the nightsoulmates born in pure delightthe night goes quietstrangers become silent friendslost in the vastness of the center stagethe milky way now in full display by The Magnetic…
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