Tamed desire
we meet in the evening when night is calm along the river
We are forbidden to great or cross the river
I sigh on your sight as i wish to hold hands
Let us be the change that we want to see
We appease our ancestors who set this borders
We are forbidden to great or cross the river
I wish we could beacause i love you
I wish we could because i want you
Can we rewrite history and start afresh
Let us cross the river and taste the waters
#kasitti1 #kasitti #boundaries #love boundaries # lost love #choice #tamed # life
Love
She is left alone as the gathering dispersed. Everyone went to their homes as the funeral was over. She then remembered how her teacher kept inviting the kids for plays and stayed late in school. yes, she was so lonely with no family or anyone to talk to aside from the pupils in her classroom. She was so nice, a free spirit and very supportive but no one gave back. All was taken away from her but no love was given to her. Everyone aspire to be loved an antodote to confidence. A poor man is whole, when love is in place ans as a richman is whole when love is freely given.
Love is an important antidote to any situation. Loneliness and even in wealth and abundance, when true and genuine love is shown. It heals a broken heart.
Love is the antidote.
#love #antidote #heartbroken #freespirit #giver #nature
Quest for competency
Alas!! a moment has come when we rejoice together, SARS-CoV-2 is no more. We emerge from our shelters. The light is too bright, what date is this? my hair is stiff, my nails are chapped, my skin is glowing but making steps has been made difficult by the consistent eating and sleeping. We conquered, that is the important thing.
The creator of the universe heard our cry, yes he heard our prayers. Nature conspired for us, that we emerged as winners.
The fight was over we won by a great margin. Many of our solder fell, gave in and got tired of it all. It was a sad awakening, a period when together we fell and divided we stood. The new normal was to work from home, no hugging,no shaking of hands like my country men prefer in greetings, no gathering in places of worship. We grew fat as the distance between the fridge and the couch was very small. Ooh! I have a business idea that crossed my mind during the quarantine period. We are out, working to grow.
Covid-19 has finally bowed, the quest for compentency has revealed the winner.
We need each other to stand in for prayers,
we need each other to support the bereaved,
we need each other to fight any pandemic,
we need each other to support the government,
we need each other to win.
#questforcompetency #covid-19 #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus #pandemic #thepandemic #theend #change #lessons #shelter #hibernation
The Philanderer
The first time i went to the local mall after moving to the biggest city in Kenya. Kaiden was chatting with his friends and suddenly all eyes were on me. I was the new girl in the estate. After a successful interview, i got the job in Nairobi which was a new town for me. I knew very few people and making friends found a number in my to do list.
I met him severally at the mall but ignored the woman intution of a bad guy syndrome in him. Yes, i went for several dates and enjoyed his company. Kaiden has perfected the art of coniving and i became part of his statistics. We fell in love but it dawned on me that i was alone in the relationship.
The days went by and closer we became. Kaiden treated me like a queen i was. I knew i made it as my tradition dictated that a woman needed to be with a man for her to earn some respect. He took me out to places i had never been too and silly me, i thought that indeed i had found love. As we entered the second year, i became blind to his actions.
The punching bag i was, did not question any fault or wrongdoing lest i get another blow. We moved in together with Kaiden and things got worse, he would bring women to the house, reciepts from hotels where he changed women like clothes and only supernatural power protected us from contracting serious STIs. I bore the pain for a little longer and it became worse each day with a new twist to it. The art of gaslighting was real and isuffered alot that y self esteem was thrown to the dogs. i felt useless, unwanted, insane and with no confidence to speak in any forum and even in a group of three.
One evening as i nursed my burnt leg caused by him pouring hot milk on me, my phone rang and here she was, a lady with a tired and scratchy voice. Nelima, she called, i responded and inquired who it was. Kaiden had left his second wife in the village, she was heavily pregnant with no means of attending prenatals leave alone preparing for the birth of a child. We had a home in the village and the entire family hid it from me that as soon as i left for Nairobi, Akinyi would come back from wherever she had been commanded to dissapear to. This act was to avoid meeting me and destroying Kaiden's new found marriage. I knew of the second wife that evening, the same way she had found out of a first wife who was rescued by her kin.
The family considered me as their cash cow hence frustrating Akinyi who was made to take a loan from the Arab world where she used to work and come back to Kenya to live happily ever after. Poor girl could not go back as she was was to repay the loan advance to her by her employer's bank. The money was not invested in any project, she had no job and has not been remitting any instalments.Her life was in shambles. Kaiden continues to perfect his act of gaslighting to poor beautiful and innocent souls who may not suspect.
The pain that has been caused to me is unexplainable with my beauty fading away. Wait, i need a come back.
#comeback #short story #bad guy #poetry #opinon #fiction # nofiction
Goodbye my beloved
A voice is fading the lamp is diming,
you are all alone with no one to talk to
you gave me warmth you gave me a bath
you grounded the maize you cooked for me
A voice is fading the lamp is diming
you have no oil in your lamp
your eyes are tired your legs are feeble
your body is has no strength to walk up the hill
You need some water, the river is downhill
The voice is fading the lamp is diming
Who will rescue my beloved?
Who will fetch fire wood for you?
Who will mill the flour on the stone?
Who will get kerosene for you?
Your voice is fading your eyes are diming
Give me a smile, give me a touch
I need your assurance that you will wait for me
Iam coming soon to rescue you
Please cook for me your delicious chicken
I long to see you I have a beautiful dress for you
Your voice is fading your lamp is diming
The years have gone I miss my beloved
She stole my heart she joined it with hers
Her hands have wrinkled her sight is going
She speaks in luhya a sweet long time story
The years have gone I miss my beloved
The waiting is long the train is slow
The camp is far the peace is restored
I miss my beloved iam coming soon
The years have gone I miss my beloved
Your voice is fading your eyes are diming
The voice has faded the lamp has dimed
And when i looked again, you were gone.
#death #life #gone #looked #poetry #poets
What came in first-my breakfast
Did you know the cereal i like?
They say that it has great nutritional value
They say it is filling
What do i say?
My oats are roasted
Sometimes are rolled
Sometimes are crushed
I eat the rest too
How do i eat them?
I pour in the bowl
I pour in hot milk
I enjoy my Cereals
Did i add in anything?
Sometimes the berries
Sometimes the banana
it depends with the mood
Lost hope
She dreamt her all
She tried her all
She prayed her all
Things were falling apart
She kept a fast
She kept her faith
But things were falling apart
She got her joy
She called her shot
But shortly things fell apart
She lost her hope
She longed for help
The more things fell apart
She died within
She cried so deep
But things fell apart
#fiction #opinion #lost hope #love #depression #poetry #poets #hope #needhelp #no option
My Beautiful Butterfly
I need the rains i need the water
They need to feed or else they will die
The cute little creatures are hopeless in my arms
My butterflies are home to enjoy the meal
The day is bright the flowers are yellow
I watered my garden to bring out the mellow
I keep a home for coloured little creatures
The butterflies are home to feel the beauty
The sun is shinning the roots are absorbing
the dew has softened the landing is smooth
The butterflies are home to take a rest
The air is fresh the wind is blowing
the breeze is cool for my little butterflies
They spread their wings they show off their colours
The butterflies are home to smell the flowers
I love the way the colours are vast
I see the yellow i see the orange
i see the white one, oh a purple one is flying
The butterflies are home enjoying the flowers
#beautiful #butterfly #butterflies #flowers #garden
#poetry #poems #articles #delicate
The world unknown
She closed her eyes with beautiful eyelashes with mascara
A world beyond a world unknown
A daring soul but no point of return
Where is my maker who called me home
A new dawn a flowery world
A beautiful garden beyond reproach
A world beyond a world unknown
A beautiful soul has taken the path
A world unknown we frate to partake
The issues unknown we wont approve
A world beyond a world unknown
#world #death #worldunknown #worldbeyond #beauty #life #soul
My beloved
A voice is fading the lamp is diming,
you are all alone with no one to talk to
you gave me warmth you gave me a bath
you grounded the maize you cooked for me
A voice is fading the lamp is diming
you have no oil in your lamp
your eyes are tired your legs are feeble
your body is has no strength to walk up the hill
You need some water, the river is downhill
The voice is fading the lamp is diming
Who will rescue my beloved?
Who will fetch fire wood for you?
Who will mill the flour on the stone?
Who will get kerosene for you?
Your voice is fading your eyes are diming
Give me a smile, give me a touch
I need your assurance that you will wait for me
Iam coming soon to rescue you
Please cook for me your delicious chicken
I long to see you I have a beautiful dress for you
Your voice is fading your lamp is diming
The years have gone I miss my beloved
She stole my heart she joined it with hers
Her hands have wrinkled her sight is going
She speaks in luhya a sweet long time story
The years have gone I miss my beloved
The waiting is long the train is slow
The camp is far the peace is restored
I miss my beloved iam coming soon
The years have gone I miss my beloved
Your voice is fading your eyes are diming
The voice has faded the lamp has dimed
I lost my beloved she has gone for good
Goodbye my beloved a lamp has dimmed
#my beloved #grandmother#sweet one #life # flower #african#luhya#western