MANIFESTO OF A PATRIOT

People of my great country
I do not promise you much
I d not promise your children laptops
Neither do I promise your cows digital chips
But I promise you
That if you elect me to be your president
Eurobond will reach this country
Money set aside for elnino will not buy bar soap worth 37,000 while dead bodies swim down stream
I promise that my youthful government will consider young and old for appointments by merit
Not my buddies and some old political cronies
I don't promise you much
But I assure you that when I run out of answers I will not threaten your freedom of speech
I will not struggle democracy
I promise you that in my eyes you will not be fools
Instead of tyranny of numbers
I will uphold tyranny of reason
My friends and fellow countrymen
We wont have the division of mwananchi wa kawaida
And mwananchi asiye wa kawaida
I will love this nation as my mother
And every citizen as my brother
I will divide the national cake equitably
So that brothers stay in peace
I will restore peace to this country
Erase the tribal lines
Creat electrical commissions that can be trusted
I will be that leader you have been waiting for
For I too feel betrayed

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ALL LIFE TIMES

A million words would not sound you out You inspire this feeling that makes me want to shout Priceless I choose to write Sound my heart unequivocally a cross life and time That it may never be forgotten that I loved And deeply so How I chanced upon you I can't tell But it must have been written in the stars That you will be the healer of my scars That love I will find on a mountain so high That flying would never be easy But splendor that is to die for This is a little loco Somehow it feels like I need your permission to breathe You leave me breathless in a nice way But this breathless is terrifying when you are away Delicate noble one you smashed me, a monster who would not break In the heat of everythig and in the rain of love A zillion flames would not melt me What is hotter than your presence and cuteness What is colder than your absence and silence How would my heart not crack in such a switch What would forge me back if not the enchanting flames of your love In all worlds I

I WILL UNDERSTAND

I have been through a lot untold Life's heat and cold I have made it to this old From whence I stand So I understand That it is not the making of any hand That you do not and may never understand me. As much as l look, you I do not and may never see Like the depth of the sea Blue and blinding deep We remain mysterious like sleep I understand if you never understand Even if the waters wash the story I keep writing to you on time's sand Circumlocuting in a million ways Verbal monotony becoming the songs of my days I still will understand if you never understand

OVERSTAYED VISIT

You don't need me So I thank you for the good you have done I say it in silence That way you will not sense the silent good bye It hurts me that our business in your face is done But I will remember we were brothers I will pray for you For my prayer is that you fly high and steady in the strong winds I will not forget that you helped me And the much I am or will be will acknowledge you But tonight I will pack what I can And leave your house brother Not groaning For all of us are guests in each others lives In my case I must have overstayed my visit I hope love never grows old I will find peace when it thrives again But now It is obviously used. YOU CAN READ MORE

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