Too Soon
I can't reach the microphone and broadcast
Nor can i take a flute and sing
about this disease of the past
that has relieved and killed many
and yet it clangs into me my heart
like butter sticks to bread
let me sit here
just beside this heap of soil
reminding me of how we did toil
so hard that we made it here
and so soon she bide me bye
i don't want to cry o
or else she will feel sad
because she wont be there to wipe it dry
just as she has always done
i just want to wonder
faraway into dreamland
and sing about this feeling of loneliness
i want to feel the warmth of this soil
creep up my legs and surround my cold heart
filling the void left by her absence
even when it moves at the pace of a snail
i am to wait till it plays its part
am make me feel he presence
i want to watch this earth disappear
and turn green to green
like the green Savannah grassland
we yearned to visit today
as our matrimonial anniversary holiday
if darkness draws near
lend me her kikoi to wear
and if it gets too cold
to this earth i will cling
to feel her warmth to the last
my dear
i know it makes you sad
to see me nag and snag here
but i am not mad
i just want you to know
we departed our ways too soon
yet our dream flew far beyond
and here i am stuck
Copyright © Justine Mokua | Year Posted 2015
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