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Johan O. Steyn

Slow Burn: a story of entrapment

There is a dreadful silence hanging in the desert air. It is a bitterly lonely place. The wind is howling damningly through the rock…

2 min readOct 22, 2023

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Slow Burn: a story of entrapment

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Johan O. Steyn

Dreaming of an angel

I stare blankly at my incompetence to draw deeply into my soul and to express the hidden recesses of my heart. The coal fire smoking…

1 min readOct 22, 2023

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Dreaming of an angel

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Johan O. Steyn

A solitary chapel in a snow-covered landscape

The audience has been waiting. She was late. It’s a bride’s right to be late, is it not? It is her day, after all. She is the princess —…

2 min readOct 23, 2022

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A solitary chapel in a snow-covered landscape

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Johan O. Steyn

Kyrie Eleison

Kyrie Eleison; Christe Eleison; Kyrie Eleison.

1 min readOct 28, 2021

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Johan O. Steyn

The Fire Next Time

I smell the beautiful burning wood — incense into the late-night sky A man, a neighbour making a fire.

1 min readOct 20, 2021

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The Fire Next Time

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Johan O. Steyn

Brother Pedro

I wrote this piece around fifteen years ago. After a few years, I made contact with Pedro again recently. He is now a priest living and…

4 min readOct 14, 2021

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Brother Pedro

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Johan O. Steyn

A champion you find me: always without fail

With an earth-like rawness, you draw me. The late afternoon stirrings, the breeze that brings the night: you lure me. Your taste bitter to…

1 min readOct 8, 2021

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A champion you find me: always without fail

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Johan O. Steyn

Living in wonder in the midst of thunder

1 min readSep 27, 2021

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Living in wonder in the midst of thunder

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Johan O. Steyn

My dearest, slowly decaying Bella

What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for…

4 min readSep 26, 2021

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My dearest, slowly decaying Bella

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Johan O. Steyn

Lullaby of longing

I go to bed every night with thoughts of you. Imagining… wishing… and longing for your embrace. Anticipating with a pregnant expectancy…

1 min readSep 12, 2021

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Lullaby of longing

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Johan O. Steyn

Johan O. Steyn

Existential Philosopher (Who am I kidding? I just want to write about my lost-ness, groundlessness and the beauty of this dark life).

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