I AM JUST A MAN

I am just one of them,
One of these people,
Those that you see walk the streets,
And flock malls,
And sell things,
And make hair,
I am just one of them.
I am just one them,
These people that fleece believers,
And buy votes,
And steal from The People,
And walk at twilight,
And take bribe,
I am just one of them.
I am just one of them,
Them that saw Munroe die empty,
Them that know that Oprah has three months to
live,
And 2 billion dollars to spend,
Them that say till we meet,
To Kajwang,
Bado Mapambano,
I am just one of them.
I am just one of them,
Dying under the cruelty of ISIS,
Not any better than that of Assad,
Them that live through the horrors of Boko Haram,
Them that remember Ruhilla Adatia,
That's your gossip, more in an hour,
I am just one of them
I am just one of them,
Them that are against death penalty,
Them that see innocent people on the death row,
Them that see their daughter's rapists walking
free,
Them that look at the wealthy murderers of their
siblings fatten,
Them that have dry faces and wet insides,
Wet of tears,
I am just one of them.
I am just one of them,
Them that know that hunger kills more people in
Africa,
Than Ebola,
But because it cannot get the rich,
Its no tragedy,
Them that see their mothers feed their siblings on
dogs,
Them that feel the vacuum of the lost maize,
I am just one of them.
I am just one of them,
Them that succumb to cancer,
Them that have artists cancel concerts,
Because they are vulnerable to Ebola,
Them that sing malaria,
Them that are diagnosed,
With tetenus vaccines,
Laced with compulsory birth control content,
I am just one of them.
I am with them,
Just like them,
For them,
Because of them,
Infact,
I am them,
I am Just A Man.

Smears of bliss............@vinn2015

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM…

“Maua mazuri yapendeza,

Maua mazuri yapendeza,

Zoom, zoom, zoom,

Nyuki lia we!”

That what what was sung

…he saw a flower n zoom he went,

A beautiful flower from the highlands

A blossomed flower

It looked like it budded each day

Ever seen a flower smile so bright?

Like a bee with all the elegance,

He settled on top the flower,

Combining his charm with hers

The result was epic

Zoom …they went together

To the hills of bliss

But,

The queen was all over his eyes

Printing a smile of settlement

So they decided

…decided, they will decide

 … ©Smears of Bliss ........................................ Vinn 2013

Conception

From the first day besides big headed bullies
You came out the sharp one
Piercing your way through eternity
And the problems encountered were many
...Israeli’s journey towards Canaan
Through Jordan infested with crocs..
Brave is the word to give you

In Canaan you found honey
Milk
and sugar
you blossomed to another being
flowered
colourful, the rainbow was jealous!

The journey was not as easy
after the step-over to a more hotter but better place
where you swam in a river full of flowers
kicking and turning
the home was yours
but on exit the river burst its banks
and the flower in you was seen..

you were given a name
significant of a journey's end
and start of another,
where life will be a little bit harder
from conception into a tree...
seen
expected.

… ©Smears of Bliss ........................................ Vinn 2012 …

My Everyday Valentine

A little loving gesture everyday for more than a year
We do a movie and cuddle anytime you are near
Prepare a bubble bath for u, eventually join you there

I guess we should do a walk in the moonlight on the beach next
Or camp-out in a tent with you, picnic in a tree house then text…
… Spend one solid hour exploring various kissing techniques… the best!


I’d think of relaxing with a glass of red wine, but you don’t drink
Now am thinking of kissing you all over before you blink
Oh...I have a rose for you near our sink
Just waiting for u to dress up into your favorites, am sure they are pink!

Smile, you greet me with everyday I come home and help you with the chores
We play with chocolate like small kids just to keep your high hopes
But now am reading to you all my secret notes
Can’t forget lastly it was you who curved on that tree, our names!

So lucky, so loved by you, my everyday valentine!
Whom we share all our tomorrows together







… ©Smears of Bliss ........................................ Vinn 2012 …

2011 Poem of the Year By New Comer Janette Ikz...

The Smell of Love

Ever wondered how love smells,
what a taste it would be to spell,
when the bees buzz making honey,
do you think they make that love,
that we all so desire
or when the roses blossom,
is it love that makes them pop?

Just wondering of the smell of love,
when I get that chocolate box,
do the cocoa beans dry up with love,
to make that cocoa that melts my heart?

Am just wondering of the smell of love,
when the rains drop on my windowpane,
or say when they hit the fertile soil,
is it the engine of love they awaken??

Tell me more if you find the smell of LOVE


……………….words don’t grow on trees…………..© Vinn 2011

Birth of October

Been a journey like no other
Nine months inside 2011…
..Akin human, October is born to us
Along the way, the ICC,
Where the ‘guilty as seen’ were taken
Awaiting judgement by the people

Fire though cramped Nairobi
Various explosions, reasons unknown,
Sinai RIP… as we remember the departed
Maybe through negligence…
Or as written in the Bible, ‘Lack of knowledge’

Kawethei too morns the crème of the village
Away to add another but ending tragically
Families cry as the solemn mood fill the homesteads
Waiting,
Hoping for a better tomorrow

Wangari, Nyeri morns with the rest of the world
A protector of trees, the mother of life by water
Cancer her slayer…yet too soon
With many accolades we celebrate her..

Now October is here, yet no better
Apple morns too, Steve Jobs now departed
But we still live on, nine months after,
…The birth of October.


……………….words don’t grow on trees…………..© Vinn 2011

Screwed by a dream

So vivid, so clear
I the main actor in this movie, but in a dream
Love hurts, more so the opposite
This time round being a heart break
Why could she do such a thing to me?
Or him, how??

I thought you loved me
Then I find you with him,
“I don’t know”…
That your answer to my million questions??
I have a car, but his is sleeker
So to him you went quicker


So I wondered, was it love that we had?
And the cries…the tears
I guess the crocodiles were jealous!
My conclusion...Love is relative...
…at least the one we know!

Am glad though, because it was just a dream
I love you Hun!


……………….words don’t grow on trees…………..© Vinn 2011

Death of a Politician

Siren sound
Signifying the demise of a politician
An octave wind,
Blowing from where the sun grows on trees!
Radio airwaves pregnant
People eulogize, others rejoice
A wail is heard from the smoke engulfed hut
Though she never met him!

The romour-mongers brew
A sweet-bitter drink
The what,
Who,
And the how
Murder they say, even when God has taken His own

Who will sit next?
Before the grave has seen the grave-digger
On and on, they muse
Until new, a story is told.






……………….words don’t grow on trees…………..© Vinn 2011

Codename’s Dr. Orbit

To you, I am irresistible in all ways
Don’t know why, they say am cool!
No matter the place, I feel at home
Can’t blame you, that’s my nature
Always chewing, always high above it
Alert on false pretences; catch me not
Crazy, isn’t it?

Praise comes but through others experiencing
Does not matter what, Dr orbit… me!
Hate me either, love me or, am gonna be
The same today and tomorrow still


Giving what is to be, and taking what there is
A smile to the right faith will bring close
The closeness meant to be mine
All around me codename’s Dr. Orbit!



……………….words don’t grow on trees…………..© Vinn 2002