A Map of Mess: Confluence of Two Souls
by Lerato Tariro Khoarai & Njabulo Goba
Approx. 45 pages

Love. Loss. Longing. Faith. The chaos of human hearts searching for meaning.

A Map of Mess: Confluence of Two Souls is a poetry collection that dares to sit in the raw places of existence; the places most of us try to hide. With language as intimate as confession and as vivid as prayer, Lerato Tariro Khoarai and Njabulo Goba weave together voices of yearning, grief, and healing into a tapestry that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal.

These poems ask questions many of us whisper to ourselves but rarely voice aloud:

• What does it mean to love without giving?
• Can faith survive disappointment?
• How do we carry grief without letting it bury us?
• What do we really want when we crave more from life?

From meditations on heartbreak and memory to reflections on God, purpose, and the fragile beauty of being human, this collection is a journey through the tangled contradictions of the soul. One moment, the words burn with honesty: unapologetically naming pain, loss, and desire. The next, they shine with hope: reminding us of resilience, renewal, and the quiet presence of grace.

Each poem stands alone as a window into lived experience, but together they form a map: a guide through brokenness toward connection, through silence toward song, through emptiness toward meaning.

Why you'll love this book:

• It speaks to the quiet struggles you rarely admit to others.
• It balances raw vulnerability with spiritual reflection, offering not just pain but pathways to healing.
• The alternating voices of Khoarai and Goba bring both feminine and masculine perspectives, weaving two souls' journeys into one resonant harmony.
• At just under 50 pages, it's a collection you can read in one sitting-but its words will echo long after you close the book.

A Map of Mess: Confluence of Two Souls is for the reader who has loved and lost, who has prayed and doubted, who has felt both the ache of emptiness and the stubborn spark of hope. It is for anyone who has ever stood between despair and faith, longing and surrender, and wondered if someone else has felt the same.

Open these pages and you'll find not only poetry, but companionship. A reminder that even in the mess, there is beauty. Even in the ache, there is meaning. Even in brokenness, there is a confluence of souls.