Stillness

Chad Duo, born Lucky Manakane, is a South African architectural designer, poet and writer whose work explores love, heartbreak, vulnerability, healing, loneliness and the complexities of human connection. Writing from a deeply personal perspective, Chad turns ordinary experiences, memories and emotional struggles into reflective poetry and prose.

His earlier works include the poetry collections Her Scars, This Is a Piece, and I Wish I Wrote You, each exploring different expressions of love, pain, longing and the human experience.

With Stillness, Chad moves beyond simply writing about heartbreak and begins to explore what comes after it—the silence, self-understanding, acceptance and peace that can emerge when we finally stop searching outside ourselves for what we need within.

His writing is an ongoing conversation between who he was, who he became, and who he is still learning to be.

@chad.horns