If It Isn’t Love

“When lovers hold hands their hearts intertwine, their fingers breathe the same breath… and exhale with every heart beat.” – Prophetic Ink

So the other day I came across someone’s post on Instagram… The post was a screenshot of a very skeptical tweet.

On the tweet, the person wrote about how loyalty is above love and that love is just a feeling. The person further claimed that it didn’t matter whether you’d love or hate them – just being loyal is what matters.

As soon as I was through that paragraph, I couldn’t wait to disagree. I had such strong emotions about it; that I realized that I’m undoubtedly an advocate for love. The whole thing made me ask questions about myself and my views on love… and as usual, I decided to probe deeper into the matter. I’m not nearly close to knowing everything about love, but I remember a few things.

In the context of this piece, love isn’t going to be just about romance, but also encompassing relationships of all kinds.

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Music is Soul Alchemy – A Token to Oliver Mtukudzi | Prophetic Ink

This piece is dedicated to uBaba Oliver Mtukudzi, who recently passed away, and all the music legends whom I have had the pleasure of listening to. And, this was actually written on the Wednesday that uBaba passed on. That same night I sat at my desk writing this, not knowing he has lost his life. The somberring news came to me on Thursday morning. May your spirit live on – in song.

Right now, I have in mind uBaba’s song; Ndakuvara.

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