Kariuki Michael

 We are the wild women you forgot The ones in schools they taught  From far we have been brought To far lands we are going to fight We are the women you despised The ones whom evryone down trod We was called a generation-failed Only to for us to rise and high soared We are the women you didn't educate Saying that was reserve for the fortunate Still we passed in life exam thanks to fate In business and homes we are doing great We are the women that braved mockery For our looks,shape,complexion,sanitary We braced for years your scorn and battery All that we did was termed unsatisfactory We are the women running the industries We are the force behind tech revolutions In aviation we are piloting massive 777s In armies we are the platoon generals We are the women that never gave up We are the women that never broke up We are the women to, others look up We are the women that you brought up

The beautiful oasis from afar stands out Surrounded by fairly cut marigold thicket The clear water in the hole quests thirst I often yearn to draw and swim in it At the slight touch of my water gourd  Water in the oasis create a ripple crowd The gourd drips droplets on the marigold Replenishing everything and all is cured My water gourd wet goes inside again  The oasis does not complain or bargain The gourd's touch makes it want to gain Urging my gourd the speed to maintain At last the gourd hits the water surface A fountain gushes out and hits my face The warm water falls on the right place Soon afterwards the gourd falls and breaks

 Tomorrow i will head out To ask the lying devil to fight If he kill kills me in the protest Tell my mama i died asking for the best My taxes he uses for foreign trips What remains him and his cronies keep Half a million belt the devils wears While i can't afford to buy two shoe pairs Tomorrow i will head out With a white t shirt and the Kenyan flag White for peace and the flag for love  Still,the devil might spray me with bullets My sister is angry too She is struggling to afford pads Her babies' diapers the pain adds Her taxes help the devil keep mistresses  Tomorrow i will head out And face the sprinkling tanker I will sniff the teargas cannister To remind me my hate for the oppressor Tomorrow i will head out My phone in hand and kfc meat in the other In an uber to town,i will join my brother If they shoot me take my phone,eat the meat On my epitaph write "He Died Fighting For The Nation"

 I am my mother's savage daughter The one whom everyone seeks after They silence me,asking me to cut hair Yet they know this is not at all fair I wear my ladyhood crown with pride For this i have got nothing to hide They want to tax my beauty and blood To no longer afford cosmetics and pad I stand out to be counted with other women Leading protests against these bold conmen They must feel and see our wrath fully Even though us they are trying to bully You can arrest me but my mothers blood  Protects me. It fiercely flows like a flood Sweeping everything  on it's path Not bullets can scare me. Even death! I am my mother's savage daughter I protest for my  happily ever after I protest for your and yours' better future You who is shooting me and  my mpiga picha I fight so that your daughters will smile As they pilot planes for many a mile As they occupy spaces in the tech field Why not join hands and fight this feud?

Five happenstance found themselves buying In the same joint, intoxicatedly having fun Unbeknownst to pains of the others laughing Each Set off with their plane of choice,to get high The first one pulled his green leaves out  Like a goat he chewed,till froth formed He said that he invented the parachute The others stopped their flight and laughed The second one poured his flour on the table Like a pig he bagan snorting,little by little Twenty Minutes later to stand he was unable His bones had immediately turned too brittle The third his bottle held tightly to his heart He drank away his sorrows and tears And told the others never to get a sweetheart For marriage life he lamented was fierce  The fourth,this while an old paper in hand He started rolling the seeds. Saliva the glue That held the substance in place,at last gland He lit it. 'Wah,Jack Oyah,Listen to this clue In Zion i'll be the lead singer for Jah's band' Like a steam engine,dark smoke to skies he blew The fif...

 Milk it. Milk that cow till the wells run dry Even when it moos,don't stop For the work of a cow e'ryone knows Is to provide milk to the owner Milk it.Milk that cows till it oozes blood Let it not claim that it is tired  Who is the master of who,the cow or you? Do anything but dont just stop milking Milk. Milk that cows even when not fed Even if it calls the cows' clan for a strike Pull out your whip and whip all the cows Lead it to the pen and capture the others  Milk. Milk that cow even when it is sick A cow is not permitted to fall sick Not by God or by the veterinary doctor Even when sick do not consider that factor Milk. Milk that cow even on its death bed How will you survive without its milk? Even when it cannot stand go with a cup Milk and thank yourself for milking with a gulp Milk. Milk that cow even when it is dead Who said dead cows provide no milk? Charge for its death certificate and its Burial permit. And remember to milk it Milk. Milk that cow even in its...

In the old rusty matatu they sit The maid and the gardener Each in their thoughts lost The gardener,his ailing mother The maid, her kids' school cost They are woken from the reverie  By the sudden hitting of the bump That make them accidentally knock Secs later they feel the pain in the rump. 'You will kill us trying to get off the block' The gardener yells to the old chap. 'A gardener and a maid need no comfort' Old Badger retorts,shifting the jammed gear. In their thoughts they are lost again  Within no time the old matatu speed gain  The gardener closes his eyes already tired Even Though  the days work has not started After a short time  in a deep slumber he falls The bed bugs did not permit him sleep And neither will his boss when he arrives The loud yells wake him up This time,it is the maid. "I swear i saw it!" She claims,eyes almost out of their socket "I swear i saw it It was flying from that bonnet The cockroach!" All the passengers brea...