Kelly Khumalo paid tribute to the love of her life by sharing a heart breaking throwback picture of the duo looking all happy and inlove, to mark one year since Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was murdered.
The singer also jotted an emotional tribute to Senzo on her Tumblr blog, stating that though time heals but she will never let go of him, because she does not want to.
“Today is exactly a year since it happened,” she began. “Since our great loss, for you it was a goalkeeper, a captain, a friend, a brother, a son, a beloved cousin, maybe a role model, for me, it was everything.
“It was a terrible thing that happened. An unimaginable tragedy. Senzo was more than just a lover to me; he was a part of me. The bond we shared, its indestructability scared me. I always thought to myself, what kind of love is this that I have for this man? And you know that I have been heartbroken and disappointed before so I was no longer good at being gullible. It turned out I didn’t need to be naive to love him. Because love doesn’t need that. We saw each other, knew each other and loved each other as we were,”.
She reflected back on the early days after Meyiwa’s death: “It has taken some time to see things so soberly. It wasn’t easy to do that when he passed. There was so much commotion everywhere that I could hardly hear myself and feel my loss. And then things calmed down and there I was within myself and the tragedy struck.”
Khumalo said along the way she learnt about the difficulties of being a woman and constantly being told how to deal with the situation.
“ … at every turn strangers and friends alike will feel entitled to your every part – even your emotions. I cannot recount the many times I heard how to grieve from people who didn’t care to find out how I was doing. The many times I was told to dress like this or like that, ‘don’t go out Kelly’, ‘this is how you conduct your spirituality Kelly’, ‘it’s too early to return to work Kelly’, ‘that’s not how you treat his family Kelly’, ‘that’s not ladylike behaviour Kelly …”
Kelly added that she is grateful for the greatest gift Senzo gave her, their daughter Thingo.
“We made love and named her Thingo. And even in his absence, Love still resembles him in an almost creepy way. I will always be grateful to him for her and for everything we shared. For how much stronger he made me. Love can grow you, it is true. The love that we shared made a woman out of me.”