
Why do we –
hang
on to those
that let
(go of)
/ us
(go)
© Hudson Biko
Photograph: Florian Klauer

Why do we –
hang
on to those
that let
(go of)
/ us
(go)
© Hudson Biko
Photograph: Florian Klauer
Calling you,
Always calls them back
;
And
I’m tired of
f a l l i n g.
© Hudson Biko
We stared at white walls that
reflected our own emptiness
;
calling it boredom.
© Hudson Biko

I woke up to it
Threading itself
into threads
that barely held together
,
Staining the
stains
that only stayed
because they
could
barely fade away
,
Infringing itself
on the fringes
because they
could barely hold themselves together
;
Because I could barely hold myself together.
© Hudson Biko
Photograph: Benjamin Combs
Don’t look like you thought too much about it.
But don’t look like you didn’t think about it enough.
Vanishing behind cloaks of superficiality.
© Hudson Biko