Mirrors

By Kgopotso Soopela

When I’m alone
I’m sad
Like a bastard
Twisting and squirming
Beneath the devil’s
Boiling opulence
When you’re around
I’m over the moon
Admit the calmness of your bushy heaven’s gate
and only the soft moans
Is all i can hear.

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