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    100 Forms of Heartache
    100 Forms of Heartache
    100 Forms of Heartache
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    100 Forms of Heartache

    By Manqoba Mthethwa

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    This is a book four years in the making – representing a journey through hopes, fears and disappointment, all precipitated by love.

    In 100 Forms of Heartache, Dr Manqoba "Mbori" Mthethwa makes sense of what love does to our minds and how we deal with the heartbreak it brings – helping you to better understand your own actions in love, or guide your healing from a pain you thought you felt alone.

    May this be a start of a beautiful new storytelling journey.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherManqoba Mthethwa
    Release dateMay 8, 2024
    ISBN9798224024018
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      100 Forms of Heartache - Manqoba Mthethwa

      Synthetic Love

      We always knew

      theirs was a synthetic love,

      far from authentic.

      At times, pathetic

      they weren’t fooling anyone

      but they were foolish enough

      to carry on, reproducing

      hoping someday soon

      a child could unite them,

      hoping we would believe it

      while they were faking it.

      Suppressing their resentment

      with parties and presents,

      therapists and good friends

      but in the end, it had to end

      because you can’t cage the truth.

      It will always overpower you.

      Now they are single, searching.

      Stuck together under shared custody,

      and hoping to find the real thing.

      That Cinderella Moment

      Looking at the mirror

      wishing I could shed my skin.

      Dreaming of a me

      who is not cursed with blemishes.

      It’s a teenage life crisis,

      they say it’s a phase

      and it’s your brains that matter

      but you can never take maths to a prom.

      I want to be the girl with perfect skin.

      Destined to be a homecoming queen

      with the whole school looking at me

      and every girl wishing they were me.

      Even if I end up working in diners

      everything will be as it should be

      because what matters is

      I will be living my happy ever after.

      I keep dreaming of that Cinderella

      moment,

      the fairy godmother brings the dress,

      my beauty is enchanting,

      We dance the night away

      and for that single night, everything goes my way.

      Your Face is a Poem

      Your face is a poem

      I’ve been reading all day long.

      Your eyes are a metaphor

      for all the things I am hoping for.

      Your smile is a rhyme,

      your nose a syllable.

      I dream of the time

      your body will be visible.

      Love at First Sight

      You think it was love at first sight,

      but what if your eyes lied

      to punish your heart

      for being so promiscuous?

      The Chemistry of Love

      Love is a back and forth,

      you give and you take

      you risk and you save

      you love and are loved.

      But what happens when you find

      you have been living a lie?

      All that devotion spent

      was never kept.

      All the memories you shared

      were stolen.

      All those romantic nights

      just a well-written play.

      What if you gave yourself

      to someone who already sees beyond you,

      not because there is another

      but because loving you is not enough

      and the best moment of your life

      was merely a scientist experimenting

      with the chemistry of love?

      Before Love was Discovered

      Before love was discovered

      mankind was like children

      waiting on God to extract our women.

      It was a strange time

      when men had no

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