To an unnamed friend who is risk averse

To an unnamed friend who is risk averse

by | Apr 23, 2019 | What I have learned

If narratives bore you, you can scroll to the end for the poem “To Risk”.   We have a Swahili proverb, Mficha Uchi Hazai (They who hide their nudity cannot bear children). Simply, if you don’t risk anything in life, you are bound to have nothing. I have a friend,...

Because it was she, because it was I

by | Apr 11, 2019 | Poems

  We met on a New Year’s Eve, And instantly fell in love, For no reason yet, Other than we just met.   Friends said, tell us the story please, Tells us, amuse us, Tell us, keep us at ease, Tell us, tell us, oh please tell us.   They persist, did you...