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outside of me, anything to help me appear
normal and facilitate my ability to fit in
In my heart there burns a flame and this was a cycle that went on for some
Cosmic and radiant time. Until uNkulunkulu said, “sekwanele
The light seeps through my skin Ndodakazi” (God said, “it is enough
Embellished and bronze.
daughter”) and offered me a time of solace
and deep contemplation which arose as a
remember a time I was surrounded by consequence of friends, relationships, and
a sea of people yet internally I felt like opportunities being plucked out of my life all
I a hollow shell cast out of the ocean. I at once.
was prone to high levels of unending anxiety
and depression and often felt completely As I hit this low, I believed that I would sink
disconnected from reality like Alice falling into another great depression but beautifully
deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole.
and surprisingly, for the first time in a long
time losing absolutely everything freed me
Desperate, I tried with every ounce of my and finally after years of walking around
being to define myself with whatever was
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