Mukupa Writes

By Linda Mupemo The curtain is slowly closing, wrapping up this phase. The crowd is still clapping, right time to leave the stage. We both know the story is ending, playing our parts but just faking. The love is already gone, no use faking what we are not feeling. As I say the last line of this beautiful love story, pain is pricking every inch of my soul. As I say the words we both dread to hear, my heart is shattered to the core. But I would rather take a bow than watch us drain our emotions in an endless war. From being the sugar in my tea, you turned into the pus in my wounded heart. The pus ripened and left around it an excruciating crust. No energy left within me, it’s time I put an end to this emotional dart. We have to celebrate what was and forget about what can or would be. We learnt our lessons and have a clear picture of how our next scripts should be. We can continue loving each other separately, forever my love you shall be. Goodbye my darli...

A woman celebrates sunrise- picture by google images By Linda Mupemo So I am a fan of this incredible ‘ When Women Write’ Facebook page. It has over five thousand followers. The administrator, Sharmaine had asked us to write New Year messages meant to uplift and encourage the down cast. She said only the top ten messages would be shared on the page.  Well, I gave it a shot. And the following was the feedback I got; Linda, I loved this powerful piece! It was selected to be shared as New Year good word. Please post it on the timeline as soon as you get my message. I want to hear more from you in the comments, you have something to say, there is a book in you!  I was so happy especially that I got that message on 1 st January, 2014. What a great way to start a year. Below is the message I wrote, I titled it ‘Brand New You’. There are times when heaven does not feel so close, you keep knocking but all the doors seem closed, your cries seemingl...