Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20182 min readAn Existential ExistenceYou shrunk towards the entrance of the train station under the dusk of 5. Fall was fading quickly as winter approached, and so were you....
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20181 min readThe Girl on the MoonSometimes she would just sit there inside herself, peeling away at crisp edges in search for the root. Most nights were spent watching...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 201811 min readUnchained TracksYou know that feeling right before the train hits...where time seems to move a lil slower and for just like a split second you know that...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20182 min readThe Rituals that Exist(ed)Inside this home lives memories that exist...but don't belong...not to me at least, not to me or father. It has been that way for a long...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20185 min readBlackfoot County is Rottin'In Blackfoot county, layin’ on the edge of spring water creek, flowin’ into Ol’ Virginia river, glidin’ through Mama Marsh’s lake, gulped...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20182 min readDoes the Sun Cry?Resembling a woman with loose change spent thinking about forever, the seconds and moments caught in complex spider webs, unable to be...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20183 min readWhat Happens When Black Boys Fall in LoveHis skin was warm. Every touch, given with full thought and intention, didn’t leave time to question if this was okay. It could only be...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20184 min readTake Me HomeAnything hurts less than the quiet. Sleeping on rotting oil bridges with small blades jarred between your numbed jaws, toasting the...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20184 min readTwo Black Boys and the OceanThe things he noticed were most unseen. As nature could detect the beauty in the unknown, his gaze amplified visions of a graceful mercy...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20183 min readThe Nameless WomanAnd that night, as Nadia laboriously pushed her sofa up against the bolted door, a young woman, residing on the outskirts of a depleting...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 20188 min readHymns from my SistersI found freedom crouching in a shallow lake. Between a river swallowing the blood of my ancestors and a mountain trembling at the hands...
Zanele ChisholmDec 19, 201814 min readThe Letters of Lost & Found WomenI squeeze myself between the empty book shelves stocked with stoic dust reminiscing on the wonders that once laid atop them and they atop...