Sphamandla Mthabela

Stay

Don't tell me about love. I'm too numb for feelings. But my heart longs for compassion. My brain is thirsty for good memories. Your fickleness killed what was left of hope. You robbed me off my heart and returned it in pieces. What an honest criminal you are. Yet I still crave you.

Burnt Bridges.

Please refill my lighter, I have more bridges to burn. They weren't stable anyway so why continue to lean on them.

Refill my lighter! I just built another. I'll rebuild it when I need the help but for now...

Self-sufficiency roams around each vein in my muscle-less body. I'm numb to feelings please keep them just..

Refill my lighter! I don't need you, I just need what's in your brain...

I'm starving for knowledge, that is why I'm in college. Van Wilder calls it coolege but I wasn't cool in college so...

Pass me your lighter! I see you are refusing to gas mine up. My lack of patience has led to a loss of close friends, you included.

I love you now and hate you later. I'd love for you to stay for a while though...

Shell

I spend my days in constant fights against my thoughts. Ill Muhammad Ali vs The infamous Mayweather , who do you think will prevail? When depression hits, I return to my shell. In hopes that someone out there will shine a light of hope and let me out. But I'm imprisoned! Trapped in a world of isolation. Friends have turned into invisible lifesavers. Slowly dying inside... I hide my pain behind a smile that every one of my ex's admire. Nobody knows what this "confident-looking" guy goes through. But nobody ever will, except the tough walls of my shell.