Hey, I wrote this for you
Stop grasping at joy.
Let your hands move –
Empty.
Free to feel.
Free to be.
Free to move,
Emotion to emotion
Waves of nuance
Leading you
From mind to mind
Here to there.
Survive the urge to
Hold any of it.
Survive the idea of
A destination
Survive the notion that only one version of you
Is allowed to exist
When you can be anything;
EVERYTHING.
Make room
Give space
Give love
Because love knows no bounds
And you
Are boundless.
Previously published in Ja Magazine, January, 16, 2020 and Them, June, 16, 2020
Misha Krynauw is a nonbinary art and creative writer from Cape Town, South Africa. Their debut theatre script "The Infinite Woman" premiered at the Suidoosterfees Festival in May 2021 following their residency at the Paulet House as a part of the Jong Sterre Mentorship Program in the previous year. Their original creative writing has been published nationally and internationally online and in print, and since June, 2018 they have been contributing as an art writer for Artthrob, which was founded by Sue Williamson in August 1997 writing features, reviews and conducting interviews for the publication. They were awarded a curatorial internship at Greatmore Studios in 2020 with the Presidential Stimulus Program; selected as one of 12 aspiring curators for A4 Art Foundation's Curatorial Connective of 2021 and was most recently awarded a scholarship to attend Lolwe's 2022 Novel Generation Class taught by multi-award-winning writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento. Using writing as the foundation for their pursuits they appreciate a creative approach to the duties of archival, research and memory-making processes as a part of their intersecting interests in the arts.
