TWENTY THREE By Valarie Okeyo

Twenty three be my lucky marker

This year and the next

I never thought I could live out of my twenty one and twenty two

For every one year  I kept on living in my twenty first for twenty four

Is it okay to want to stick in my twenties

For the thirties are scary but not like the forties

Is it not bad to want not to grow old 

Maybe not

For growing is knowing and knowing leads to precautions

Don't eat that it's bad for your heart

Don't drink that you will kill your kidneys

Don't sniff that you'll damage your lungs

Don't dance like that you'll break your spine

And the cycle continues

To the very last of your numbers

Twenty twenty may be old and full of worries

But are we making merry

My twenty three full of worry

Just like my twenty twenty full of misery

Forgive me twenty twenty I didn't want you broken

Bring us back the merry of twenties

Valarie Okeyo

Valarie Okoyo is twenty three years old Kenyan poet. Alongside poetry, valerie is a Nutritionist and Model and a human rights chamions. She is a great supporter of social justice, she strongly believes that every voice has a purpose and art goes a long way to amplify them.

Vallerie: I write because this is the only way I can speak out my feelings without any filter and be a new me.This is the place I became Kaylee white stone.