Month: August 2020

When i was a small boy i used to fume on anyone who crossed my path, and most of the times it was my mother,
Up to this hour as i pen down this poem, i can vividly remember the series of thorough beatings that i received from Mama when i was young,
Despite the tough times with my kinsfolk, there was a friend who’s love was unconditional, my lovely grandmother,
There was a time i would cry overnight, stupid thoughts would run through my mind “what if i was adopted? or maybe the doctors exchanged me with another kid at the maternity ward?”

Hold on, there’s this day i will never forget, I and my two brothers decided to follow our own rules, we woke up early before cock crow,
We wore our school uniform in darkness to avoid unnecessary commotion and softly sneaked out of our bedroom,
We…

You were the most interesting human character I’ve ever met, Julia,
We grew up together in the countryside, we never had bouncing castles but we were happy,
Mama used to ask of your whereabouts when you went silent on me,
Though your father was always bitter on me, you never gave up on us,

Under the yellow scorching sun we played together, hopping like desert frogs,
You were not my soulmate but everyone else thought we were in love,
I’m still perplexed Julia, my heart is bleeding every single day,
Why did you leave me alone? Segregated in this dark world!

We never hid anything from each other, you were like family to me,
Neither did we fight over these worldly pleasures, we were the talk of our village,
We shared almost everything including birthmarks,
But the angel of death decided to grab you out of my feeble hands,

I…

You were the most interesting human character I’ve ever met, Julia,
We grew up together in the countryside, we never had bouncing castles but we were happy,
Mama used to ask of your whereabouts when you went silent on me,
Though your father was always bitter on me, you never gave up on us,

Under the yellow scorching sun we played together, hopping like desert frogs,
You were not my soulmate but everyone else thought we were in love,
I’m still perplexed Julia, my heart is bleeding every single day,
Why did you leave me alone? Segregated in this dark world!

We never hid anything from each other, you were like family to me,
Neither did we fight over these worldly pleasures, we were the talk of our village,
We shared almost everything including birthmarks,
But the angel of death decided to grab you out of my feeble hands,

I…

Hello, from wherever you are, i hope you can hear me, Wavinya ,
Am a numerator as my bed denominates the entire equation,
Sinking in abysmal meditation about the first person to steal my heart,
I can only see your pretty little face swinging in the air like a pendulum,

If there’s a lass i have ever loved as far as i can breath, it’s you my Carolina,
Remember the highschool days when we were so tied together,
When we were still young, how we sank in deep thoughts planning our future,
How i used to promise you that i shall be successful like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook,

Everyone hated me for falling in love with you Caro, they said you were older,
I got lectured by close friends trying to save me from your grippy hands,
But we were so determined, ready to face the world, together,