Esther Muchai Poet ABC

You Didnt Know

YOU DIDN’T KNOW

Maybe you didn’t know
But your single plate fills mine a day
That note you give for the bill
My hair would shine a month
But I guess you didn’t know

Step lightly lest you pop out my jiggers
Your fine pointed heels, in my dreams I saw
That perfume so unique, passed for a queen’s
That’s the world deep in my sleep I dream
But I guess you didn’t know

They ask for dollar fee to print my page
To me it’s a dollar quiz, to have food or the page
It’s a talent I got but poor to see it through online
I write for pleasure, the able print and make doe 
But I guess you didn’t know

Silently down on my knees daily I beg
Its one life, with death no return
I hear of Angels sent, daily I wait for mine
A change I need, in food and education
But I guess you didn’t know

If only the guards by your gate fell asleep
A double print my dirty feet would do on your terrace
For the degree is so expensive, landlord a daily nag
The intestinal worms on hunger strike, no more tears down
But I guess you were the sent angel.

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Grace Mutindi May 16, 2014 at 1:19 AM Good writing...true there's a wide gap between those who are at the top and those at the bottom...but we should be grateful for everything we get no matter how little or much.