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Dear Beloved,
It is with utter urgency, deep sorrow and fleeting hope that I write to you this letter. What happened to us my love? We used to be happy you and I. They all envied us: our friends, our neighbors, the foreign forces.
My love, do you remember all those holidays we treasured so? How we hypnotized them into opportunities ,opportunities to celebrate each other, to renew our vows, to remind the world of our bond, our union, our love, be it Madaraka day, Labor day, Jamuhuri day, Kenyatta day, Moi day; we painted the towns red, white, black , green the sacred colors of our rainbow.
Look at us now my love; how did we get here? Can you help me understand how, with no mercy, you have roughened me up! Cutting me onto pieces; I am soaking in blood; I am chocking in smoke; smoke from all these fires, these fires you’ve lit! Fires of hate, fires of greed, fires of hypocrisy, tribalism, revenge; fires of death!
Every fire now ranging with lessons; lessons of lose, lessons of love, lessons for life, lessons we must take. Anything else that is flirting with bitterness, befriending indifference, tolerating intolerance, all these we must forget; promising, preaching ,praying,” Never Again”.
On this note my love, I need to conclude this letter, reminding you of that song, that love song you composed for me that day, the day we consummated our love,45 years ago.
“Oh God of all creation, bless this our land and nation,” You know the words my love, a prayer indeed. Each line, a kiss to my hope, each stanza, a hug to my spirit, when will you sing this song to me again my love? When will you say this prayer for me again my love?
Beloved, I have to leave now, but with a prayer of my own, my dear Kenyan please, make light your heart; give us another chance, for who else do you have but me?
Yours in waiting,
Kenya, Your country
Your valentine
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Malkia Affiah
In my writing, I yearn to reward my feelings, my thoughts, my understanding, my relevance and my nowness, with the gift of eternity wrapped in simplicity and delivered by an army of alive emotions under the command of their master, humanity.
By you experiencing my pieces, I 'm one with this desire and for that I give thanks. A million bows for exploring my work.
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Dear Brother Africa. Adelusi Oluwafemi Temidayo-Don | Mar 14th, 2008
That was just magnifient.
I love it.
I like it.
It lifts me.
I think you fit a Prince's Kiss for a brailliant work. Hmmmmmmmnnnnn! Just keep it up dear brother africa.
Best Regrad
Prince Temidayo.
Poetic christiano kwena | Jun 3rd, 2008
I luv the way u have romantized the whole skirmishes issue
very intricate obare joash | Jun 13th, 2008
a poem poised with poetic intution, filled with emotional vigour and worth of being brought to the table to be reviewed under: academic concursion a romantic passion, an architectural approach. Thanks maam, thumbs up
Wow david mbitu | Jun 29th, 2008
That what I call Talent, You have made my week affiah. I like the every word of the poem and the rhymes. Its just Mwaahh.. Hope to read more of your great poems. Keep the arts passion burning..
hey VICTOR RASUGU | Jul 3rd, 2008
you are blessed in lingustic twist. You should start authing ur book
Perfect! Michael Vinyo Addae | Jul 9th, 2008
It is perfect. I love it.
keep them coming.
Like Father like Daughter Aderemi Adegbite | Aug 15th, 2008
Fabulous. Fantastically written. Really, I'm not suppried by the whole of the emotion and bitterness that filled the work for the fact, I feel like reading Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, the father of neo-kenyan literature.
Present day Kenya writers have not disappoint me so far. And you're not an exception.
Great writing. I Love it!
creativity in u Owino Fred Barrack | Apr 17th, 2009
ma dia u r creative and full of inspiration. you've given me a message to communicate to the country. I like it. Wow!!!!!!
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