Estrangement

An increasingly common phenomenon in our society, family estrangement is devastating and challenges the heart and soul profoundly. When you've done everything you can to heal the rift, and you've done all the right things, you can walk away feeling good about yourself.

"We are only two million Afrikaners in the entire world," exclaims Dr. Piet Koornhof, a National Party official and member of parliament who, at the age of thirty-nine, is a prototype model of a new generation of Afrikaner leaders.

A poem I wrote depicting the frustrations that come with being constrained and constantly holding back.

It's a verse capturing the emotions that drive people apart.