What a Wonderful LAUNCH

On August 2012, 17:30pm for 18h00, Botstotso Literary Journal will be launching their 16th edition, printed journal, in which TWO of MY poems have been included! I am so excited and really looking forward to reciting as the launch, and meeting all the other published poets. Come through if you're interested, and share in this great moment with me!

Poem: By the Eyes of the Blind

By the Eyes of the Blind

We don't mind sharing a bedroom,

naive one and I, while

all the circus world goes by

our window. In the darkness,

we share a bed, and coil ourselves

together, not for warmth;

coiling in our habitual ritual

the twain pains amalgamated

by sweaty palms, and wooden knees

we are a lady's ripped dress in

the dim moonlight,

barely moon-splashed

for any sight,

only seen by the blind eye,

just as we are the only lie,

together, so coiled

waiting to hear any sound

while the floor vacillates 

and our eyes spill

curses, reluctantly,

till the circus world goes by.

- By Raeez Jacobs

© Raeez Jacobs. 2012. All Rights Reserved.