Freedom never stayed long with her.Struggle came too easilyToo frequentlyA fruit that hung much too low.The struggle alwaysSeemed to be continuing.She repeatedly found herselfAt war with othersAnd nearly every dayAt war with herselfAt war with her wrongsAt war with a worldThat didn’t make sense anymore.Freedom visited herLike a lover in a long distance relationship-Gloriously but […]
Read more "Not yet Uhuru"Been travelling a bit lately.And I kept getting hung upOn how thingsShould beThe Uber should be cleanerThe bed should be softerThe shower should immediately dispsnse hot water-Little reminders dailyThat I am not in chargeAnd that my basic expectationIs that life should be going my way.But rather than actually holdingThe necessary people accountableAnd making my experience […]
Read more "Stuck on should"A reminder that all is not well.That the taxes you pay (or don’t)Don’t insulate you from theConsequencesOf poor administration.Being literally left in the darkAnd thinking that this is a metaphorFor the current state of the nationAnd wondering if this is your life now,And whether you would have these problemsIf someone else was in powerOr if […]
Read more "Load shedding"There will always be ill fortune. Decent people caught in indecent times Adrift on the sea with no wind in their sails Disaster will always find someone to visit. As long as there is a human race Selfishness will also persist There will always be fantastic flaws in human nature We always seem to find […]
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