I was okay, Very okay, Until my dream of you woke up with me. I was okay, Very okay, Until my morning coffee sweetened, Alongside thoughts of you. …
African Fabrics
I love the African look It portrays a classy hook From the Kente and Chitenge These fabrics smell like home In the vast terrains of Uganda Where the Mutuba trees…
Sabina by Shera Muthoni
Sabina, the woman who would smile to the moon and back. The same woman who would dance the sun down, Sing the birds out of their nests, or back to…
Ink by Paul Wambua
When inspiration strikes Attacking the wells of creativity My pen and nous, concurrently, are overrun by words Boiling curiosity and the urge to flirt with words Ushering expertly inked electric…
Entangled
Tied, I limp slowly, I fall again I am broken In bondage I dance in a cloud of self-doubt Tied, I limp A prisoner of emotions Hurt soul I…
Oh Boy by Brainy O’Bee
Of all things I could have been, Maybe a god in a world so mean, A dot, a revolution, a change, A dollar, a pound or their change, I became…
Little Girl
Little girl, When he says he loves you And wants to have you Be sure his words are not inverted Does he want to have you? So he can love…
Melancholy by Hilda Jeruto
Hiding the scars, Hiding the pain, Hiding the tears, That fall like rain. Anger. Pain. It’s hard to explain, You’ll think I’m insane So I burn from within. My heart…
Rumors by Esther Naomi
I watched them in amazement It must be one of those arranged marriages Does poverty Make people fight everyday? Do empty stomachs Make people yell so loudly? I watched her…
The Choice by Nancy Mutheu
I’m on the cross Receiving my part of nails And ready to die for love Because I committed us on the altar Till death do us apart. Now it’s till…