Under bronze Sunshine; listen to rivers flow
Your name embroiled in a peaceful lawn
My crumbling faith recovers; from fit blows
Words tumble in cold prints of memory drawn
Recording your fame; language of twisted dream
Kenya! The humblest pride of Dark Continent
Who thou art bestowing on us; Our Motherland
Remember when we marveled at thou calmness
And danced to nature’s music of calm souls
Quivering in one rhythm; dancing with our hearts
And joined hands; brows sweating brown
Bending as bow; in a willful toil
Today venturing into now impersonal cities
Mothers wails; lamenting destroyed creation
Among debris children’s sobs; lost and orphaned
Lots of youths turning lost youths; it’s painful
Brothers hunting other selves; strikes and leave to die
Clenching wet brown soil; yet sworn forgiveness
What happened then? That we fight our blood
Blinded as bat; galloping like wild horses
Stomping on innocent backs; betting on lives
Irked with heart refusal, I seek harmony from Above
Lord! We need you now more than ever
When Love goes out of gears
I’m urged to cry on bent knees
Where on thou Mountains is our Citadel
What clock shall register our walled patience
Or which caroling dawn will ripen our hopes
Like birds hoisting for freedom
I fly out on vast blueness; chirping music of peace
Afar beyond skyline; preaching unity and harmony
In a joy of a dawning new start; reconciliation
And contemplate on a lone commandment
“Thou shall Love your Neighbors as Yourself.”
May Peace Reign in My Beloved Country Kenya
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