They say I look like her, But it is just skin deep, We share a name, Wanjiru. Maybe not just skin deep, Her son is my dad, Definitely not just skin deep, Now she is gone…. A brown smiling wrinkled face is what I have known all my life The way she always said my …
Failed dreams, Shattered illusions, You are slipping into the deepened, The pain, the fear, the worry, the shame, Losing control, The agony, the worry, the shame. No sleep. Your bed feels like a rock, A big rough cold rock, The cold…. The only thing you can feel, Through your numb body, Through your shattered body. …
Long black hair on her head stood,like the black dahlia,Eyes defined the color amber,Skin dipped in coal powder,with a dash of midnight.Her teeth… well…when she smiled,the world brightened.Flat nose between her eyes,smoothed to a round tip above her rose lips,Soft outline and toned muscles defined her body,She walked with grace,like a swine gliding across a …
Gravitating down the valley,Gravitating down towards the river,I can see all the green around me,Ferns and veins tangling each other on a green grey back,The canopy feels creepy and eerily,But I need the river, I can smell the forest,The sell of wet moldy air,I step on a puddle of brownish green pudding,Ick! Such a strong …
She’s young and innocent, She has a very bright future, yet scared of it, She’s from a poor background, She doesn’t know where her next school fees will come from, But what she doesn’t know is ….. She is beautiful, fearful and wonderful made. She made mistakes in the past, She been laughed at by …
That Chic Maselinah