Sunday, February 7, 2016

Uzuri Wako




Uzuri wako ni zaidi ya ngozi nyororo
Zaidi ya macho ya kuvutia na mwendo wa maringo
Uzuri wako, haupimwi kwa mavazi wala kiasi cha sifa
ulizomiminiwa
Uzuri wako siyo mwanya wala vito vya thamani ulivyojaza shingoni
Wala siyo sauti ya kumtoa nyoka pangoni
Uzuri wako unatokea moyoni;
Vitendo vya ukarimu
Maneno ya busara
Heshima kwa wanadamu
Bila ya kujali fukara
Uzuri wako ni tabia zako,
Kujihifadhi na machafu kuyakimbia
Heshima kujijengea. madoa kutoitia
Uzuri wako ni zaidi ya lulu, UTHAMINI.

Usidanganyike na fedha ulizonazo mfukoni
Kamwe uzuri haununuliwi dukani
Usijitambe kwa barua lukuki ulizotumiwa
Na maneno mazuuri uliyotunukiwa
Wengi huitoa sukari wakijaribu kujinadi
Ukiwapa kidogo asali, huvunjika nayo ahadi
Uzuri ni zaidi ya sura
Asikuzuge mwanadamu
Uzuri wako siyo biashara
Kuuza ni haramu.
Uzuri kwa wote upo, wanawake na wanaume
Japo wengi husema, hasifiwi uzuri mwanamume
Lakini umeona wapi watu wakipenda vibaya?
Jaribu kuvaa viraka kama hukushikwa na haya
Kila utayemuita ataenda pitia mbali
Lazima safi kujiweka, ukitaka mpata mwali
Uzuri wako ni tabia, na mwenendo wa maisha
Uzuri wako hubakia, hata umri ukiisha
UTHAMINI.

(c) 2015

Saturday, February 6, 2016

NOT FOR VALENTINE


I never celebrate Valentine's day
I don't believe real feelings can be expressed in just a day
I think that love should be shown everyday
and beautiful things shared whenever one can
This Valentine's day seems so superficial
Like it's the only time of the year when everybody is in love
When everybody is happy
Then one day after they are back to lonesomeness and sadly ever afters
This Valentine's day sounds like a debt
Where everyone has to have a partner
Men to provide handsomely for their women
Women to treat their men with care
Celebrating, singing "love is in the air"
Then some hours after nobody is actually there

I never celebrate Valentine's day
I wish I understood why I needed a special day
To know and feel that I love and I am loved
Most of us don't even realize
The true meaning of this day
We have changed an ancient holly day
Into a carnival of reckless, pointless celebrations
A good business idea ofcourse
and the reason for increased unsafe sexual intercourse
This Valentine's day should be erased from calender
It is not our tradition, not in our history

I wanted to write you a poem for Valentine's day
A poem I thought of writing you for a while I might say
but I remembered that real feelings can't be expressed in just a day
and beautiful things are shared whenever one can
So i decided not to wait till February fourteenth
To say what I wish to say
I decided not to write you the poem,
and let actions speak louder instead
I decided, that i want to celebrate us everyday
Yes, we are not perfect
Neither can we tell the future
but for now, as long as we are here
We can make every minute matter,
every moment count
because happiness is what we should not live without

So please babe, let's not celebrate Valentine's,
What we feel ain't for Mr. Valentine
It ain't for Valentine
No not for Valentine.

 ~ A. L2016 (c)Zuhura Seng'enge

IT'S YOU

When I think of, a peacefulness where the heart no longer dwells into the mystery of love -
a bliss that cleanses the soul of fear of striding down,
towards its steep, slippery depth;

When I think of, beauty beyond the eye or imagination -
a pleasing existence that cannot be named, identified or categorized,
just understood, appreciated,

When i think of a song -
carefully selected pattern of sounds, notes and melodies,
perfectly aligned into delicate heart warming harmonies -
a music that lights up the face, communicates with the soul in a language not meant to be understood,
but felt.. deeply felt,

When i think of, a light that brings back to life,
those dormant, forgotten feelings that never took full shape -
energy with which one can find what they had lost, even if it were from many many years ago,

When I think of, magic with which one can just, imagine things into happening -
an untamed force that can weave dreams into reality,

When I think of, a place,
where time is deep in slumber, and how much of it spent never matters -
a home, a heaven,
safe from harm and danger,
I think of YOU.

YOU are my inspiration, my darling, my love,
I LOVE YOU.

(c)~ A. L 2016