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Let's Break the Rules

Can we skip the part where we have to deal with elders? I like that Can we elope to a far away land, land distant from our fathers? I like that too I love you, you love me I love your tribe, you love my tribe Please don't fear me because am a kikuyu woman I promise I won't do anything crazy Ouch those painful news I will try not to fear your tribe's culture Thou those burial rituals put me on edge I love you, you love me I have questions, you have questions Are we going to be judged? Will my mother sit me down for another one on one talk on which tribe I cannot marry into? Sure, I will just agree with her, but my heart knows what it wants Will I be shunned? some have gone through this for marrying into the "wrong" tribe I love you, you love me I want to be with you only, you want to marry me Others have done it, and it worked perfectly fine No different from other "normal marriages" I think, love has no tribe

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Date: 2/8/2018 6:52:00 PM
Nice from a cultural view point.
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Date: 6/28/2015 7:25:00 AM
Njeri, that last line sums up the entire poem....."love has no tribe"....the heart knows what the heart knows.
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 7/21/2015 6:18:00 PM
very true the heart knows what the heart knows. thank u John. i appreciate the comment
Date: 6/27/2015 7:39:00 PM
G'day njeri... so much like Romeo and Juliet. I guess its very hard for many of us to understand a culture that is different, but we all understand love - nice lyrics njeri - Lindsay
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 6/28/2015 12:59:00 AM
That's true. Its hard for us to understand a culture that is different but the love language is the same. Thank u for the comment. I appreciate alot. Have a good sunday

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