The clouds open. I can taste my salty tears. I clutch my bellyAnd adjust my tattered lesso. My legs fail to keep to our priorAgreement and refuse to carryMy heavy body. I drag them in disagreementAnd pull the sand along. Wuon Okoth staggers past meAs if attempting toDisfigure my swollen belly. I put my soaked… Continue reading An African Girl
Listen
Listen as the symphony plays.Nature’s own orchestraIn the forest’s embrace.Listen, and let your troubles erase.Hear the leaves rustle,In the cold evening breeze,And as the wind whispers,Let your worries fade.Can you hear the birds above?The sweet melodious chorus?Listen to their songs,And let these melodies give you strength.The gentle rhythm of the rain dropsAnd the booming echoes… Continue reading Listen
Seduction
Silence.The room commands. The walls stare in silence.The lights marvel at my eyes,Seductive and sensual.I bite my lower lip,And close my eyes slowly.I’m lost in my own world.He stares and sighs,Then holds my neck,Slowly slipping his other handUnderneath my braless bod.I feel his lips on mine,His beards tease my chin.I want to feel like a gazelle,Bitten… Continue reading Seduction
My Words
As my heart beats,And my blood travels,My veins let my emotions flow.Motives and bitterness scramble.Inside my veins lie stories untold.I write and write,Of the greatness achieved,And failures experienced.In my stories you can hearSuccess and fears.In my stories lie words unspoken.In my words, I cry, I laugh,I speak my truth, I lie.In my words, lies hope… Continue reading My Words
Dear Lover
Don’t show me the thorny side of this rose dear lover.I love the smell and the beautiful red makes me marvel in awe. I want to leave things at hello if I could.Because i wouldn’t want to be pricked. This precious gift gets me fixated.And the flower reminds me of what was never told. Please… Continue reading Dear Lover
Bittersweet
Cold walls, silent night,Whispers of delight,A night of sweetness,Flavourful dreams only a blanket knows.Yet in hushed tones,A hidden song.How can something so sweet,Be so wrong?A bittersweet truth,Silenced by the world.A delicate balance,Where lines are drawn,Amidst the tempting throng,Lies a story so wrong,For sweetness sake,Will things ever be?
Love Me
Love me in my stubbornness,A trait so wrongYet makes me whole.Love me whole,And embrace this stubborn fireThat burns deep within my soulBecause in you love,I found my heaven below.Though we’ll clash and collide,I pray that patience be your guide.See past this surfaceAnd you’ll find a love so fierce.Through our differenceAnd every stubborn moment,Let passion thrive… Continue reading Love Me
A Toast to 2024
Here’s to 2024,And to the tales yet untold.Here’s to the mysteries waiting to be uncovered,And to the papers yet to be filled.Here’s to dreams waiting to be lived,And to the adventures we’re yet to explore.As the clock resets,And as we turn our calendars,Let’s wait with hopeThe new dawn that beckons.Here’s to the challenges we’re yet… Continue reading A Toast to 2024
Farewell 2023
As the clock ticks softly,And the year takes its bow,I smile. A bittersweet smile.It has been a journey of lessons.Mile by mile, month after month.Farewell 2023.Thank you for the memories,And the stories written in love.As i close these chapters,And bid farewell to the diming light,I smile through the whispers of then and now.And welcome the… Continue reading Farewell 2023
One Day
One day,After I'm done cleaning your mess,And carrying every shame,I will tell my story.I will allow myself to feel all this numbness that I have.I will finally offload these tears and pain that I carry with carefulness.These tears that I have no time for, Neither the leisure to be depressed nor shoulders to cry on.One… Continue reading One Day
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