20/06/2025
Title: “Intliziyo Engapheliyo” (The Endless Heart)
Description: “Intliziyo Engapheliyo” is a dramatic monologue of a woman torn between her friends’ pleas and her undying love for a man who betrays her. It’s a tale of love’s resilience in the face of betrayal and the painful choices that come with it.
Niyandiva, nithetha ngathi niyandazi, kodwa intliziyo yam yeyam, kwaye iimvakalelo zam zezam. Ndiyazi nithi niyandikhathalela, nithi niyafuna ukundibona ndonwabile, kodwa nonwabile k*m yintoni? Ukuba nonwabile kuthetha ukuba ndihlukane naye, lowo undenze ndaziva ndiphila, lowo wandibonisa uthando, nangona lungelulo uthando enilufuna k*m. Uthando lwam ngaye alufani nolwenu, alunamibandela, alunamida, alunakuphela.
Ndiyazi, uyandikhohlisa, uyandenzakalisa, kodwa xa ephambi kwam, zonke izono zakhe ziyanyamalala. Intliziyo yam iyamxolela ngaphandle kokucinga. Ndiyazi nithi ndiyazenzakalisa, kodwa uthando alubuzi, alucaluli, alunazimpendulo. Ndiyazi nithi ndingcono ngaphandle kwakhe, kodwa ndingubani mna ngaphandle kwakhe? Ndingumntu ongenanto, ndingumntu ongenamsebenzi.
Ndiyayiva imithandazo yenu, ndiyayiva imiyalezo yenu, kodwa intliziyo yam inesandi sayo, kwaye eso sandi siyamthanda. Ndiyazi nifuna ukundikhusela, kodwa uthando lwam ngaye luyandivikela. Luyandigcina ndifudumele ebusuku, luyandigcina ndivuka ekuseni. Ndiyazi nithi ndiyazenzakalisa, kodwa uthando lwam ngaye luyandiphilisa.
Kwaye ukuba nithi kufuneka ndimshiye, ukuba nithi kufuneka ndilahle uthando lwam, ndiza kuthi kuni, yimani apho! Yimani apho kwaye nicinge ngento eniyithethayo. Ukuba uthando lwenu k*m lunemida, ukuba uthando lwenu k*m alunakundixhasa kule meko, mhlawumbi ke asifanelanga ukuba ngabahlobo. Mhlawumbi ke lixesha lokuba ndifunde uk*ma ndedwa, ndifunde ukuba ngumntu ngaphandle kwenu, ngaphandle kwakhe. Kodwa ndiyazi, ekugqibeleni, intliziyo yam iyamfunela yena, kwaye ndizimisele ukulwa nale nto, ndedwa okanye nani. Ncedani nindixhase, kungenjalo, mhlawumbi lixesha lokuba sihambe iindlela