The Scar Bitten but not written, The frothing pain that’s hidden, Memories juggling yet still fresh, A long time event still unbrushed, That day, That Pain, Still burning within, The Scar! Hustles that become tussles, Yet none could make him Jason, Not even his name, Nor his ancestral fame, Could give him a job, The […]
Poor rich questions. Plenty of questions For my African nations. Multinational corporations Situate in your nations. They seek your cooperation Your states never brighten. To where do they shift profits? Do you actually profit? You have plenty of resources That can be put into plenty uses. Africa do you utilise
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Mother earth By Faith Atieno Dinda Beaten by this world full of disease in This is not the world we had in mind And even though we might loose today We can’t find the answers to our questions The skyline reminds us of a different time And so if you don’t know how to fix
CRUSH By Faith Atieno Dinda That sinister smile,burning in my eyes. You look at me and am set on fire. It’s burning in my soul like a diamond in the sky. You found a light in me that I’d lost. I came to realize that you could easily make me joyous even when am irritated.
Mother Africa. Africa what you sow You need to reap. To mourn is not enough As all the others laugh. My motherland My fatherland. Our strategies let us wire Let’s not go haywire. Let us ours reflect Objectives not deflect. As we utilize the outside Maximize on the inside.
Don’t deny me An opportunity. Because of My skin tone. Because of My gender. Because of My birth place. All these I have No control over. Instead judge me By the paradigm of. The paradigm of My character. The paradigm of My actions. The paradigm of
WE DESERVE BETTER. Welcome to the world A world where… Fake charity is applauded It is celebrated. Empowering people to be self-sufficient This is heavily scorned. Welcome to the world A world where… We are supposed to be competitors Instead of brothers and sisters. Welcome to the world A world
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CHANGE OF GUARD. We resolved that We wanted new leadership. As a people We overthrew the King. And replaced him With another. Time passed And still there was no change We later discovered The bitter truth. That the King’s replacement Was the son. A true son Of our former
WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY. By, Fanon Kihu. Money can buy support It may not buy loyalty. Money can buy admiration It may not buy respect. Money can buy sycophants It may not buy followers. Money can buy company It may not buy love. Money can buy a microphone It may not
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When a Man Cries By Phill Ibsen When a man cries, its thunder trapped in a vacuum, where the night, falls into sleepless ominous darkness. There is no one but him with tears like glaciers thawing, and seeping into riverbeds. He is the still waters beneath the ocean, calm and unperturbed; you hear no sound
THE MOUNTAIN By Sylvester H Wauye This is what must happen. When the powerful despise the powerless When the affluent despise the impoverished When the towering despise the lowly When the satiated despise the hungry When the happy despise the sad When the healthy despise the sick When the potent despise the impotent When the
BLIGHT By Sylvester H Wauye I wonder how a tomato feels when it’s is attacked by blight. Especially, a ripe tomato shaped in the form of a heart. It looks infested with dark, splotchy, concentric spots as it curls and withers. The blight is difficult to heal when insane jealousy takes command and smothers the
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