I Walk Into My Shadow

By Ombuge Moses I leave Shadow to guide My destination blared My vision mission stopped Holding is the purse Inside a book For now, I read not A boy shaking at heart Memory to my Granny Care from my Granny Lovely she was For father never known Fatherly I missed Family never known My hope dead Granny Forever to miss The wind blew Shadow to guide The book to carry Wisdom in hand People turn bush Civil no more My shadow, black dark Blood red Book white Cover brown Pen blue Teacher gone Gone to death Lovely she was Slum, life miserable House burned Chaos to maintain Walking to my shadow Hope to wisdom Education to peace Peace lacks death centre Butcher it sounds Knife to slaughter Human too salty To dump and rote I leave Shadow to guide I walk into my shadow Inside a book