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Where are the footsteps?
I followed my shadow, living in the benevolence of my heart
Asking for the humanity to have a human face
Not to terrorise the disabled
I climbed the highest mountain,
Shouted at the top of my voice
Calling all who cared to listen
For a message of wanton livelihood
I spent sleepless nights
Asking what to do for your heart
And bingo! The answer came in
I was not petrified
Not at all
I walked the dusty terrain
Swerved along the wet road
Lost my memory
And lived a life for you
Because you matter a lot
Then you felt so bad
That I took my step and made a choice
Which you thought you had known
And forgot that I have my inner self
That is unknown to the outside
I regret, for being too good for you
And forgot myself too
For your sake
You did not show me your care
Only hatred, when you saw me with another of your kind
But did not know how hurt I was
As days progressed
Inside
Now I took my stand, and you boiled with rage
Turned red and spat on me, my face
I cleaned myself and moved on
And because of that…
…I remove my hat
Deigning over you and whisper
I am sorry; I did not know you are like that
I need to move on without your footsteps
Behind me
Bye.
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Mbũrũ
I am a researcher on educational issues especially in the rural areas, with much emphasis on girls' education.
As a trained journalist, I have a lot of concern with the handling of the education sub-sector in Kenya and take a critical role in viewing the reforms currently being conducted to integrate education structures for the sake of the youth in Kenya.
One major aspect, sadly, is that Kenya has been sovereign for over four decades but has been the only African country besides Somalia not to have made education compulsory, free and basic. For Somalia it can be understood - the country had been in civil strife since 1992- but for Kenya the politics of the day have played a negative role in reducing the promotion of education to a system sheer competition, instead of progressive
Apart from that, I write fictitious literature.
Currently I am working on prose on love and betrayal and a collection of poems.
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samuel kim Johnson | Mar 3rd, 2007
a nice one waa!
friday solomon | Mar 4th, 2007
hope to see more of this in the future
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