Lament of a Bachelor (for Yvonne Nthiana).

Hard I try to forget:
A child I'm of a lesser god;
No wonder you deem me unfit,
Even your hand to hold.
But my heart fails,
It insists:
You are mine Nthiana...

It whines with undying quest,
Deep in my veins the cold cuts.
With haste races my spirit,
Imagining that you'll ever miss:
My charms; and love--
Down from above,
Embrace me warmly,
And be mine Nthiana...

I beseech you, sweetheart:
Should I go nuts and wane,
For me save a piece of your heart.
Indeed I've craved and fought without a win!
Undress... Let me in...
Thence together dig the treasure,
Deep into your vineyard, sweet Nthiana...

Of your soft and sugar-coated lips, let me lick;
Of your fully ripe milk bags, let me fondle and suck,
Let my tongue traverse,
In every corner of your mouth...
Let my fore limbs,
Feel your contours, hair and every bit of you,
As our caged hearts chorus in unison the love anthem;
Let me hear you moan with passion...
And I'll leave the world behind me,
Hold you like a sacrificial egg; a wife to be...
Because I'm deep into you Nthiana!

Till We Meet Again (for Nabwire).

We've come to the end of the road,
And to manoeuvre through the thicket ahead:
I've to leave you behind.
To survive this untimely injustice of fate,
Nabwire, go back to your roots;
Sing and dance to the old tunes,
But pray; before it sets,
I shall return for a wonderful and everlasting re-union.

The Flashlight.

Then, in a world so dark
Each time life
Hummed deadening threats
And I, wrapped in despair
Sighed...
My path you lit
And my heart held tight
But vanished--
Before in your eye I could look
Like a flash, you came.

Towards a Warm Threshold.

Sometimes we stop and sigh,
When the going gets tougher;
And the terrain gets rougher:
Towards a warm threshold.
We falter, fail and cry:
Oh, master, let's die not!

In total submission,
We fold hands and bow,
As lions roar and rule,
This jungle of inhumanity.
Deep they dig down our throats:
their claws,
Silencing us: untamable tongues,
To prey on our possessions...

Their hangmen in courts lie:
To prove our guilt,
And behind bars have us--
Raped, robbed and castrated...

Oh, master, let's die not!

At the shores,
We're abandoned-- hopeless and helpless,
When our star vanished.
We grapple for warmth,
In an eternal wait for another:
To cut through this ageless night,
Away scare the sharks,
So we could wallow through these cold waters:
To Canaan...

We beseech you master:
Desert us not.

A State Funeral.

Six they're it was said:
Two government ministers,
And four unknown wananchi--
Guards and pilots,
In the bird of death,
Before the fatal crash.

Calls of condolence flooded news rooms;
Some mystic tales were aired--
 Five days on end:
Flags were half-mast;
And news maniacs starved,
Amidst the endless tributes;
And oceans of tears shed...

They'd been flown--remains,
Under heavy security:
To city mortuary for post-mortem,
By skilled hands from lands yonder!
But the unknown four,
Were thrown into a nearby hospital store--
To be picked,
At their kins' displeasure!

Two government coffins were utilized;
They were decorated with our colourful flags.
The filthy paths to the fallen officers' palaces,
Were overnight tarmacked.
Rolls and rolls of red carpet were wasted:
For royals and loyals,
They cried like babies;
But still their eyes remained dry...

Lengthy and boring speeches were made,
Wherein politics were played,
And offerings done in gold.
The widows and orphans,
Were assured of endless government's support,
And cameras nationwide captured every thing...

Escape from Class.

I sit with a bottle--
My entire month's sweat.
And whine whilst trying to gobble:
Feeling its contents down my throat.

A lousy smell whirls by,
Of beer and farts after a concorted pie.
It infects my vulnerable stomach with a deadly ache,
So I puke and puke and puke...

Like a burst water pipe!

The free crumbs of gossip,
Which we equally share as one:
Slowly loosen my grip,
On scores I'd to settle with my clients and Number One.

Watching women work without waning,
In an era wherein being alive's an absolute error!;
They strip and tear each other over warthogs' wine!
And my heart skips beats due to terror...

I mourn for my children and wife;
Should my employer's knife:
Scrape me from the payroll;
A detest to my foul...

velle seth: ANOTHER CHANCE.

velle seth: ANOTHER CHANCE.: How often we wish for another chance to make a fresh begining. A chance to blot out our mistakes and change failure into winning. It does no...