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Home/Contributors/Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane

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Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane

Refilwe Mokgatlenyane is a young writer, an aspiring entrepreneur and an LLB student at the University of Botswana. Her writing journey has started way back since she was 9 years old, she started off as a short story writer and changed to novels and later on started specialising more on poetry writing.

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22
Writing since
2020
Words published
5,466
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Poetry & Prose

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Latest from Refilwe

The man who won the lottery
Poetry

The man who won the lottery

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane21 Aug 20212 min read

All stories by Refilwe

Loving you ended mePoetry

Loving you ended me

I bought you flowers, and you sent them backGot you a necklace and said it doesn’t look good on your neckI bought you an impeccable dinner dress and you told me you hate the color blackTell me, how…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane19 Aug 20212 min read
The lesson of lifePoetry

The lesson of life

Seasons come and passPeople come and goSo, from that, we must learn and grow

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane18 Aug 20211 min read
I will show youPoetry

I will show you

She said, “Give me a flower,And I’ll show you how to take care of it, so it doesn’t lose its color

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane17 Aug 20211 min read
The dream she had last nightPoetry

The dream she had last night

She is being chased by her own shadowLocked behind the bars of sinLocked behind the dark world she cannot seeA world without stars and the moon

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane16 Aug 20211 min read
What I earned from these scarsPoetry

What I earned from these scars

Throughout my childhood my mistakes have been labeled outFor every scar I got, represented every serious or even petty mistake I had madeRepresented every cup or plate I accidentally broke,And no…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane15 Aug 20211 min read
One more last dosePoetry

One more last dose

Left me in some indefinable lachrymose I should’ve known it would be much more hurting to stay in too close But before I let go, please allow me this one more last dose

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane14 Aug 20211 min read
She lives in mePoetry

She lives in me

Her voice is full of pain and rageIt’s like she’s been locked in a hard shield cageAnd she doesn’t wanna leave without imbedding a markI can feel her fists, aggressively hitting against my heart

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane13 Aug 20211 min read
DeceptionPoetry

Deception

Broken into pieces of sharp bladesHidden behind the scary dark shadesBuried in sadness with no lucid meaningA quintessence of grief, trying to seek healing

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane12 Aug 20211 min read
Blue; my different shade of bluePoetry

Blue; my different shade of blue

My blue is dark, yours is light Your blue is day, mine is night Your blue is hope, mine is plight Your blue brings laughter, mine bring tears Your blue brings freedom, mine brings fears

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane11 Aug 20211 min read
The shadowPoetry

The shadow

It’s black behind my backIt listens to me every time I talk aloneBut it’s neither made of flesh nor boneIt is my only companion

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane10 Aug 20211 min read
She lives in a worldPoetry

She lives in a world

She lives in a world around peersA world where everyone is afraid to conquer their fearsShe lives in a world full of tearsA world where she cannot find herself

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane9 Aug 20211 min read
This is a jeremiad of my hopelessly drowning emotionsPoetry

This is a jeremiad of my hopelessly drowning emotions

From waking up at 6am for a morning jogDown the busy street downtown with my dogThe everyday hangouts and dinners after workFrom scribbling random messages into my diary every morning when I wake…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane8 Aug 20211 min read
The girl who killed my fatherPoetry

The girl who killed my father

She criedBut one day her tears turned into fireFire that dropped to the ground and burnt the earth in ireShe cried and the more she criedWas the more the fire burnt along her skin down to her chin

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane7 Aug 20211 min read
Our blackness to them appears like an inevitable crimePoetry

Our blackness to them appears like an inevitable crime

There was love but you chose to hateYou chose to betray God and discriminateYou chose to cast blood upon the black riversYou chose to imbed it in your mind, to stick it to your subconscious forever…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane5 Aug 20211 min read
Eyes are windows to the soulPoetry

Eyes are windows to the soul

They say eyes are windows to the soul But mine are as dark as coal Dark that no matter how careful you try to see through them, you won’t see the pain Like a tortoise my eyes are a protective shell…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane4 Aug 20211 min read
Broken piecesPoetry

Broken pieces

When other kids used to brag about their happy familiesI stayed still in my shell like a tortoiseI always stayed quiet, that they would never hear my voiceI ran to the back of the house to wipe off…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane3 Aug 20211 min read
The note she left on the worktopPoetry

The note she left on the worktop

It was one summer night and the sky was raining its cold mistMy body was feeling light and lifeless like the watch that was wrapped around my wristThe house too was scared,signaling there’s nobody…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane2 Aug 20213 min read
I’m finePoetry

I’m fine

I told my mom I’m fineBut she watches me every time she talks to me about you and I swallow back my tears

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane1 Aug 20211 min read
I know, I remember (p.s. I still do)Poetry

I know, I remember (p.s. I still do)

I know how I felt the first time I saw youI know my heart skipped beats more than once or twice in a semi- secondI know I stammered the whole day because words kept running away from meEvery time you…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane30 Jul 20213 min read
She broke hearts but earned cutsPoetry

She broke hearts but earned cuts

She was young and naïveGrowing without love drove her to look for it in the wildest of placesShe got lost between finding love that is worth the price and just lust for the beautiful facesAnd she met…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane30 Jul 20211 min read
When Karma gets angryPoetry

When Karma gets angry

Time passes by and happiness seeps awayMy mind remains a vacant playground, allowing pain to come playEmotions come and go, day by dayAll I realise is I’ve intimidated Karma, and its my time to pay

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane23 May 20201 min read

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