broken pieces

The pieces are on the floor

Every one walks on them as they please

Is it because I didn’t pick them up on time?

Or glued them together to bring it back?

The more they walk on them the more it is impossible

Because soon enough they will be turned to dust

And be blown to oblivion by the winds.

Am hoping that never comes to pass

I’d give my all to avoid it getting any worse

I just hope once I pick them up

They won’t get smashed again

                                               This time I promise to take care of my heart

I WANT HER BACK

with nothing to hold onto any more
odds have it that i take back what i swore
its heart wrenching they all said she's a whore
but she made me tick and my inner being explore.

i swore to maintain my pride and never get back
right now all that sounds to me like cheap slack
and the list is endless of the things i lack
by not having her by my side.i'd call it tough luck.

in another world they call us star crossed lovers
after how we parted i doubt she can have me over
i can't look another lady in the eye and not see her.

i tell her am happy but i hardly believe it
i can't have another because they can't be her
so sad that she knows every of my heartbeat
i want her back that my heart can beat for her
i want her back but she is near yet too far

my hands quiver when i touch my lips
every time i think of how it felt to have yours
the tender memories from my mind don't slip
the feel of your skin on mine and a gaze so pure.

yesterday i dreamt you kissed me
before i kissed back reality parted we
the whole morning i could not think straight
without your love i feel like dead weight.

standing tall but dying from inside out
because your love is what my life is all about
we didn't have to be together too long
for me to realise its you i want by my side all along.

i have all your pictures as souvenir
for the moments in life that i hold so dear
i know you wont look my way anymore
but i want you back even more.

DEAR MAMA

Everything around me is a damned reminder
my image on the mirror a spitting image of her
its something not very easy to get rid of.
some even say 'you could use a bottle of smirnoff.'
though i know that wont be any good
i cant even bring myself to eat someone else's food.
she was a strong woman with her faith on
with every prayer we hoped she'd hold on
she left a lot of wisdom in the heart of her children
her motherly care the people where or when
it can be seen with where we have all wound
she could use her finger to poke dirt out of our ears
and use the chance to give meaning to our years
she'd crack a joke every now and then
but when angered she didn't keep it in
we might have had a few misunderstandings
but she was wise her valour notwithstanding
its now i learn and get to understand
what she said when she'd reprimand
sometimes i misunderstood her love and care
to be harsh and to rebel i did dare
but once she whispered to me
you will know i mattered when am gone
it brings tears every time i know she was right
and how hard i had put up a fight
i even think she left to be away from me
for all the things i had done and didn't mean
i know its too late to say am sorry
but my heart is filled with a burden of worry
guilt and regret eat me up inside
it breaks my heart it breaks my pride
am hoping in the afterlife this will be legible
and that she may know i love her so.

i love you mum.

i got a feeling

i ve got a feeling deep inside
that there is something you hide
baby in me you can confide
and to the promise i will abide

you know sometimes am strong
but all the friends are wrong
they make me feel weak
and maybe i might become sick
with all this backstabbing.

on such a day like this
my heart is filled with bliss
to have my old friends come
and my fears not confirmed
when in trouble of any kind
comfort in you i find
people complain how much love is blind
but am greatful this makes me see
for i will open my eyes wide
and see everything above the knee.

standing ovation

say dark and surely not brown
aliggned white teeth the mirror reflects
the eyes i fear to look at
they penetrate deep into ones conscience
the mind devices alot
but there is nothing i can't handle.

how he thinks and talks
makes me proud to call him my brother
he is a bother at times when he
strays away after a middle aged beauty
but from him i learn alot about
the ever proud race they call 'selam'

by leah

a poets judgement

as a matter of fact i stay aside
since love is like a bribe
and with nothing to hide
i beg to with hold my pride.
having is of many dimensions
and operation are not my section
for now love i hate to mention
it is an unsolvable equation
give thee time for meditation
and i will have a solution
by Leah.

by my side

with you by my side
am always filled with pride
and with nothing to hide
i hereby confess my love
its only you i want to have
when i thought love was patient
i ended up a patient of love
loving with an indefinite quotient
yet its not even half of what you deserve.

hurt

you must be hurt and dont want to see him again
but remember without his goodnight kiss you felt plain
that was when you could not keep your eyes off each other
and when he was more than a siamese twin brother

maybe its time you moved on and forgot the past
but remember you will always look back over your worst
and see the best that happened between you
not to worry coz that only occurs to a few
but its almost second nature
that avoids no creature.

gone

love is like a tree
that hosts every bird thats free
but it comes a time when wind blows
and none of the young birds grow


how can we be lovers if we cant be friends
how can we be lovers if she just pretends
giving tender lies is one of her trends
but no love is lost since we just cant blend.

it is easy to love but hard to be loved
its like an old wood that cant be curved
i will fight to the end and thats what i mean
and after this let the best man win.


i loved a lady she loved me not back
i tried every means but futile was my work
i was reduced to a simple vibe donor
when her promises she failed to honor
i have this one confession to make
love is blind so i have to be awake
but i don't think i made a mistake.

tsk

morning has come for another day
the night ended in a very special way
so leave your worries on the blue blue bay.
my life is full of pain
i do not know when i will smile again
but i look forward to tomorrow
a tomorrow with no sorrow.
sometimes i walk out and scream
trying to make this nightmare a dream
i always try to get rid of the past
but every good comes to the worst.
to some i might look desperate
but its unfortunate i can't change fate.
you might fel bothered when i pop in
and my prescence completely choking.
love is a decision not a feeling
and its the choices we make that kill or give healing
the strength to overcome the feeling is love
but the strength to run away is not the above
that is why i decided not to tell God how big
my worries are but tell the problems how big
my God is and of his sustainance to this day.
i wont tell you to love me or not but every
path i have trod leads back to you.

give and take

a woman is what you make out of her and what she makes out of you.she will always magnify whatever you throw in her way.you give her a smile she will give you her heart and happiness,a sperm she will give you a baby.a house she will give you a home and guess what,give her crap and be sure to be nursing wounds in some district hospital.it doesnt have to be in nyeri,utachapwa in fact emotional wounds take longer to heal.

WHY?

since when you decided to leave
a sigh of unbelief i always heave
you decided to move away
but i still love you anyway
i am always there when you call
i will always help when you fall
forgetting you is such a pain
in my mind you will forever remain
i will be left to ask why
but anyway for now goodbye.

meaning of love

The meaning of love I never knew

Until closer to you forth I drew

To clearly get your beautiful view

That is when in me  seed grew

A tree of love that no wind blew

It was never like the morning dew

That the sun shone and up it flew

I did find treasure only known by few

It changed my life and started a new

last night

Since that night things haven’t been the same

Because in me you built an everlasting flame

It happened so fast I don’t know who to blame

The thought of it just makes my heart lame

Your sight makes my feelings hard to tame

trust me its no play or game

But I tremble under the weight of your name

FATE

I don’t know whether this is my fate

But I’ve been caught in your drag net

You made me like what I used to hate

Thro’ convincing and your confident gait

In your own net you are the bait

That’s why I have been happy of late

Because I have tasted the best of my mate.

THIEF

I am not sure but my heart might be stolen

And I don’t know for whom it has fallen

A beauty you are like the Trojan Hellen

Surely there has been no beauty in heaven

Wherever my heart is it won’t be broken

With water from your love it will be sodden

And day by day it will eventually soften

I will never forget you I will remember you often.

LIP SERVICE

I don’t care what the people might say

All I know is that I am here to stay

Because you take my sorrows and trouble away

And gladly bring to me a new day

I sincerely don’t know how to repay

But I will make sure no one stands in our way

And with our blossoming love play

Lest I cast a spell on him and make him decay 

friends

once upon a time there was a friendly pair

out in the bush they went to fare

birds were chirping and there was cool air

out of the bush came a grizzly bear

'run',thin said as if he did care

'for it will find us and our flesh twill tear.'

to the fat one this was quite a dare

so he lay down and said a long prayer

thin climbed a tree and was up in the air

this was too much meat for bear to spare

but it sniffed through him and blew in the ear

thin came down and asked of what did fare

'it whispered in my ears to meet it at its lair

to make a meal of a friend who doesn't care'

thin went away because his anger did flare

there was no friendship hence.they split from there.

bitter roots

Come and taste the bitter root

The root that bears sweet fruit

This is not meant for the brute

Whose brains are blank and minute

Just like the holes of a flute

But to those who use every minute

To read the books with no limit

They never make noise that will inhibit

One to read his book bit by bit

But rather take the bitter roots

And later eat the sweet fruit

hmmm

This time I want to be brief

In expressing my sorrow and grief

Help me get over this belief

And get my soul some relief

I once got myself into a strife

And It was like the stab of a knife

I was almost parting with my life

Were it not for the love of my wife.

Thanks be to God am alive

Through the strife I did survive

He really helped me to revive

And here I come with a drive

That has helped me safely arrive.

my life

This time I want to be brief

In expressing my sorrow and grief

Help me get over this belief

And get my soul some relief

I once got myself into a strife

And It was like the stab of a knife

I was almost parting with my life

Were it not for the love of my wife.