As part of my commitment to share more of my work, I am doing a 31 day writing challenge from 30th June through the month of July as a commitment to myself as I turn 31.
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I looked straight into my fearsWalked right into themStretched out my handsAnd felt my hairs…
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I am staring at a blank page, wondering what to write about. I feel like…
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Today I got a seven shillings discount from the lady who sells me chicken. It…
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I want to go through life with tongue in cheekBe a little mischievousI want to…
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I sat with my painAsked it to lie on the couchAnd look at the clock…
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What is it that seems… Too big Too distant Too mysterious Of a goal What…
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“Hebu jitokezee, jionyeshe, simama, imara, mbele ya watuuuu” said the Kiwi Shoe Polish ad many…
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I have been a prison warden. Locked up my soul, my heart, my very essence,…
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Dear Mum, I want to relive that moment One more time That time I waited…
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I confess I get high on my own supply Every so often I go back…
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Múturú was a precious commodity at Karatina D.E.B Primary School. If you got it, you…
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I always found my grandfather seated by the cow shed early in the morning, contemplating…
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I am embracing my insanity Let me live wild Drop any inhibitions That suppress my…
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Trust the process I say to myself Trust the process?? It drives me crazy Each…
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Sundays in bed Sleeping in No alarm Waking up To pillow talk Scrolling Her Tiktok…
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If tomorrow is not promised Let me make the most of today If tomorrow is…
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I fight And fight Then wake up and fight again Against my emotions Each time…
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I had my first crush in Form 2. It happened in a flash, right in…
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I hope death feels like sitting by a window seat on a long road trip…
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I walk through my consciousness Crossing through different terrains Some part are dry land. ‘Werú’…
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Form 1 West was in the first block, right next to the staff room. It…
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I stepped out Took an evening walk Wandering with no plan On the same path…
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What if I could have it all? What if you could have it all? What…
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What is home? Home has been a place sometimes. Other times, home was a person.…
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It’s around the Covid years and I am seated on grass at a leased farm…
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Why do I write? I write to stay alive. I write to keep my soul…
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And when I lived out the life of my dreams, it was not grand. It…