Long Blood brother Poems

Suicide isn't an option but I can't say it has never been,
I'll admit, I tried it once, way back when.
I was only a teenager,
And things had just piled too high.
At first, I just did designs,...

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Historically and biblically true, first Abraham, Isaac,
Then Jacob, who loved
Joseph, his 11th son more than any other,
He was his beloved.
Joseph would interpret his father’s dreams,
But the brothers were terribly jealous it seems,
For the first dream...

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IN THE NAME OF ETERNAL LOVE

Since you have left, my one and only,
the sun became perfectly cold.
Its golden heart,
completely forgotten, lies in the golden cradle:
Oh, Lord, the sun is so cold,
it wrapped itself around my...

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Great are his exploits
honour and rank
he's celebrated
he's immortalized
He's fondly recalled
Back to memory

The great legends of Old.. 
Great Chief Waiyaki wa Hinga..
Aged nine he killed a lion
with his bare hands...
When the imperialist came.. Waiyaki..
Raised a huge...

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I was born at the tail end of the Goldhawk Road
Which runs through Shepherds Bush 
Like an artery, 
And in the mid 1960s,
Served as one of the great centres 
Of the London Mod movement, 
But...

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OUR LIBRARIAN

I once remember the
Librarian in my college  
Meticulous ,and savvy
His love for knowledge 
Knows no bound.  

I once remember the 
Librarian in my University
A man with a large heart for others 
His...

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Out of every shadow they creep and crawl,

twisted faces of pain, more evil grins with the night time fall.

The shadows swallow themselves in deeper pits of black,

kind, considerate? These are just the begining of the...

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I Hear Drum-Beats Across The Land… Can You Hear It?
All Our Homes Are Handed Down by The Highest Spirit
Long-Ago, The Native Peoples of The Land
Knew… The Earth and Us – Go Hand in Hand

I Hear...

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‘Twas the Night before the day of Halloween’s Eve
The air was cold and the wind was mean
And on it traveled the fairest soliloquy
Betwixt Good and Evil as they strolled
The breeze brought me the story they...

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We were born several months apart.

Our mothers were very good friends in fact

Not a thing did they do apart

Neither from each other did they depart

Although many of them tried to make them part

Some even used...

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Excuse me Dad,

I have an urgent question.
But first let me acknowledge that my blood brother is now my brother in Christ 
Recap
The brother who had ta-toed his body with cigar burns
The one who ripped his...

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Sirons and bells of no temple or holy cause
It was the time in Vietnam at field of wars
Uncertain and chaotic situation it was for all
Taking life on hand everyone had to stroll

Heart was panting of...

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The Pursuit of Happiness
  Ultimate Declaration
     of Independence
  an 'unalienable right
  endowed us by the Creator'

Yet, how to pursue such an intangible thing
How do mere humans -- 'joy...

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The Complexity Of Human Life.

In my view,one cannot wholly understand the other no matter how much of friends they are.
Even relatives can't in any way arrive at this about each other.
Not even someone with whom...

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It is an ancient ancestry;
A horse hoof and man’s hand —
A primal link back to the sea—
Blood brother to the land. 

It is spring’s end for brandin’ now,
You stop and take a break—
But are you...

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Her heart pounded like the zulu drum
She knew the tradition
Her friend died from there
when the sailed the boat and left her 
on that punishment island 

In Kigezi its like that
The neighborhood is even worse
where her...

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Ruslan is Caucasian and he’s my true blood brother
Unlike me, he has a rare Herculean body, and mind
Strong and bold he is, yet gentle; tall, and yet humble
Letting his shadow walks in to lowly, unrhymed...

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I am black,
and you are white, my friend
On the surface, it would seem
we are two completely different human beings
But cut me,
watch me bleed
This is where we share our common bond of unity
It's in the blood,...

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A Friend Such as Him


His Love and Friendship I do not doubt
Never have I once seen him distraught
Not his blood brother, not half related,
He grooms another with teeth serrated.
Grudges in his Heart, has he ever...

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My childhood friend, my blood brother
We did a lot of fun things together
Playing carom, table tennis and skating
You were the dull school boy
My eyes were always pained 
To see you struggle through school
The painting on...

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Happy birthday to my big brother,
Our family celebrates him together,
As he continue venturing further.
He is a blood brother like no other,
Enjoy your day in this cold weather.

He has been a part of my gleam,
And today...

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Is this you my blood brother 
That vowed never to leave me
Now you treat me like an earthworm
With your salts of anger 
And command to leave your house
That was made our home

Even you that I...

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I look at no other 
other than in the mirror at myself 
I dont have a full blood brother
or sister no one too close to help
I am just telling the truth
we all are going nuts
people...

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Music needs lyrics to make it whole
Lyrics are words that touch the soul
Listening to one song after another
Springsteen singing "My Blood Brother"
It tells a story of of childhood friends
A genuine love that never ends
Growing up...

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