A few years ago, I was making home improvements with a friend in my new apartment when someone knocked at the door. I opened the door excitedly, thinking it was a neighbour coming over to say hello, only to be confronted with the angry face of a young man. “Can…

The tears fall gently and quietly down your face as you lie in bed. You had a lovely weekend. You think of all the happy couples you saw enjoying themselves, and it makes you cry. The tears fall gently and quietly down your face. You are happy for them. You wanted…

With bated breath the lovers await you They smile; soon you’ll kill the light They close their eyes, inhale and exhale deeply Already they feel the heat … between their legs They smile knowingly Soon The broken-hearted curse your arrival You herald the long lonely nights Nights so long, they long…

At the rising The night becomes a depraved nightmare But still, you shudder Your mind goes blank Better that way With the rising It is over It is a memory It never happened You want to think, analyse Find a way out But … Your brain refuses to cooperate Blank …

Oscar Pistorius used to be my hero. Oscar was a South African athlete. Although he had both his legs amputated when he was a baby due to a congenital disability, he became a very successful athlete, competing in both the Paralympics and the Olympics. I saw him run in the…