Undo

Xanadu

Even Death doesn’t want me

Leigh-Ann Steenkamp
Future Light

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A close up of a large pink wild protea with closed leaves, spotted with dew drops and surrounded by leaves
Author Photography: Pink Princess

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My world fades in and out
In a daze as I fly above it all
And look down
My heart starts to beat again

Knocking in my chest bursting into life
I tried to stop them from saving me
Why the fuck am I still here?
They said I tried to kill myself again

They don’t see it
The abuse hopelessness hypocrisy
In the name of God I heal you
Well fuck you too

Go home and beat your wife
Leave me alone in my misery
They don’t see it fucking idiots
Or they wish not to be bothered

Only caring about their own shitty little lives
You can’t kill yourself
When you are already dead
I tried so hard every time

Everything is such a struggle
So painful so unnecessary
Death came and took me
And then gave me back

Even Death doesn’t want me
She said even in the darkness
There must be contrast
Death was never evil

But only a slight reprieve
Until it all starts again
She told me to stay
And one day I will be ready

But not yet
Leaving was never my choice to make
How many times do I have to scream it?
I don’t want to be here

I did not choose this
Perhaps not — She said — “But you can choose now, to break free”
I can’t choose better I don’t know how
I don’t deserve happiness nothing is for free

I need to earn it to deserve it
By the sweat of my brow
And the scars on my body
Atone for my sins

And become a just human being
“Don’t you see? You are pure light
You are deluded, out of touch
Letting the Dream-Killers take control

We live in a Dream-World
In an infinite timeline
In a continuous loop
You need to elevate yourself

And bridge the gap
Between there here and reality
The Ancients built Dream-Temples
Special places to connect

To the Otherworld
They believed time was an illusion
Only a man-made concept to somehow
Measure and justify our existence

They believed we could
Bend and shape ourselves
We are immortal eternal and timeless
You only need to close your eyes

Feel it expect it believe
This is true faith
Believing in yourself and your dream
And as you go along continuously

You will eventually realize
It was never about the dream
But about what you have Become
Closer to who you are

We are all beautiful souls
Creating a New World
We do not live in fear”
I wake up muttering to myself

They stare at me confused concerned
While I softly whisper
We need to find the others
Like me

A drone shot of the Olifant Gorge in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
Author Photography: Olifant Gorge Drone Shot

Personal Note:

Why is it that we need to learn to accept that we deserve to be happy and have what we want, like we came here to suffer and grovel and live in pain?I say no to that. Fuck no.

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Leigh-Ann Steenkamp
Future Light

Author, Photographer. I specialize in Creative Writing and Storytelling with an emphasis on Mental Health, Philosophy, Trauma, Abuse, Psychology and Crime.