TITI LA MAMA
Titi la mama litamu,hata likiwa la mbwa,
Kiswahili naazimu, sifayo iliyofumbwa,
Kwa wasiokufahamu, niimbe ilivyo kubwa,
Toka kama mlizamu, funika palipozibwa,
Titile mama litamu , Jingine halishi hamu.
Lugha yangu ya utoto, hata sasa nimekua,
Tangu ulimi mzito, sasa kusema najua,
Ni sawa na manukato, moyoni mwangu na pua,
Pori bahari na mto, napita nikitumia,
Titile mama litamu, jingine halishi hamu.
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One's mother's breast is the sweetest
Canine it may be,
And thou,Swahili,my mother- tonque,
art still the dearest to me.
My song springs forth from a welling
heart, I offer thee my plea
That who have not known thee,
may join in hormage to thee.
One's mother's breast is the sweetest,
no other so satisfies.
The speech of my childhood ,
now I am fully grown
I realize thy beauty and have made it
all on my own
And though refreshest my spirit like the
scent of the roses blown
Through desert and o'er ocean may I
thy praises known.
One's mother's breast is the sweetest,
no other so satisfies.
Paralysis
Pulsating, sweating
Screaming
Silence!
A choking sob
Tears flowing
Painful howling and yelling
A dark room
Silence.
Bloodshot and tear stained eyes
Looking up and looking out to a dark and cold world
Tear streaked face and hoarse voice
From all the pain endured.
And yet am still here,
My hear full of query as to why I am
Fear, gripping me, holding me,
Too scared to leave.
IMMORTAL
Down memory lane
Where it's all plain
For you to see
You were there
And so was I
Perhaps I am a lit'l selfish
Wanting to hear all again
But you face lights up when you share
I cannot sway
When I begin to listen
As if caught up in a trance
For nothing else comes my way
Oh that it would stay that way.
I find myself wishing upon a sky
This pleasure that we make,
None can take,
For when we are together,
Nothing maters,
Nothing interferes,
I find myself invincible to anything else,
I think I am IMMORTAL.
By Glory Seruhene
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Watching
the Flowers withers
and roses wilts
It never crossed my mind
That the feelings I have for you
Is also mortal!
Our love, strong as it is
Is breathing its last.
How can special One
Cease to be
How can a divine fondness
Cease to be felt
How can a cherished bond
Be no more
How can loyalty
Betray
Immortality,
was a song I used to sing
praising our everlasting love
a song which now
is a distant forgotten echo.
my heartbeats no longer
plays your favorite song
someone stole your melody
and I cant stop
this sweet crime
and this poem
mark the beginning of an end
and it’s time
to get rid of tattoos
and
cry, our last drop
Jinory 2010
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