POET FROM KENYA by Henry Thiong'o

Trapped in his head Suffocated by rage He wishes he was dead Death he seeks homage He is crippled by fear But warned to never show The person within, an incognito thee without He lives a double life Unsure, which is his own? The one he’s come to be Or that which he used to Both do not differ much But the latter is lethal

Days Months Even Years Still you’re Not Here I've hoped On My Knees Even Prayed To See You Once Again To Heal Me of This Pain Of A Love Starved You Are All I Had I Died When You Left God Knows How Much I Wept At Night I Dream Of You In Day Wishing it’s true You Re Lodged In Mind Your Necklace to Forever Remind Love Will Make Me Wait Or Else I Will Die Celibate Today I Celebrate the Day That Bright And Sunny Day When Love and I Met Tomorrow Was Our First Date We Kissed and Giggled Beneath the Star But Now You Went Afar Behind Leaving a Scar A Wound of Love Invisible from Far I Don It with Pride At Least I Took the Ride May Be the Ne Next Time Even If It’s In a Lifetime My Love Will Never Depart I Swore To Keep You in My Heart I Am a Man Of Honor Your Love I Will Never Dishonor

Like An Angel Straight from Heaven With Eyes Radiant like the Sun Beauty beyond Words A Smile Brighter than a Starry Night Breathe Like a Fresh Marigold Hair Black as Coal Gleaming Underneath the Moon A Gait So Confident Warm With Fresh Blood A Voice like A Thousand Angels Echoing In the Deep Valley A Goddess in Every Sense Charming but Commanding Royalty Thighs like A Magic Wand A Highway Leading to Heaven A Destination I So Long For Where it’s Warm with Comfort A Posture of a Lion Unshaken By None Tits Like Two Lonely Hills Erect In the Evening Breeze Seated Comfortably Apart Looking So Tender but Firm Arms, tell of A Magic Tale Lost To a Place of No Pain

Death Oh! Sweet Death He Was Young A Teenager in His Youth He Lived His Life Or Did He? He Was Reckless Now He, Lies Lifeless Abandoned Alone Death His Only Comfort They Have Become Friends They Enjoy Each Other Perhaps that’s All He Needed A Friend Indeed True Till the End Though Worlds Apart They Understand One Another All He Wants Is Die Quick So They Can Be Together In That Place of Peace Serenity and Bliss Sorrow Amiss Joy Infinite Pain And Hurt No More.

Death Oh! Sweet Death He Was Young A Teenager in His Youth He Lived His Life Or Did He? He Was Reckless Now He, Lies Lifeless Abandoned Alone Death His Only Comfort They Have Become Friends They Enjoy Each Other Perhaps that’s All He Needed A Friend Indeed True Till the End Though Worlds Apart They Understand One Another All He Wants Is Die Quick So They Can Be Together In That Place of Peace Serenity and Bliss Sorrow Amiss Joy Infinite Pain And Hurt No More.