I think Kenyan politics like love is blind
And we are just visually impaired beggars
Waiting to be given crumbs and the leftovers
As the true 'nation owners'
Share the bigger pie, with greed and 'honor'
I get sick every time i get to watch this sequel
With too much unending repetition
Impersonation
Individualization
With despots ruling the nation.
We've totally failed as a people
Always ready to criticize
But never determined to see through
Always ready to fight
When it's us with huge dues
Protecting our own
When it's them that get huge!
Someone told me to vote to eradicate
The rot
That through my vote
Maybe there will be change in the lot
And the true will get afloat
But I'll have to disappoint,
In a system this rogue
To vote i will not!
No need to confront
Let me express the systems faults.
Politicians fighting for supremacy
The bigwigs protecting there lame legacy
Whilst people in the north are hunger stricken
And the system blames the weather for its wickedness
Corruption levels are beyond explanations
With money for development disappearing in the boardrooms
Leaving unemployed Youths struggling to bet on their livelihoods
In a system this rogue
To vote i will note
When the main agenda in Kenyan shows
Is politics
And who will get to be the kingpin of all
When the Chinese are taking over our plots
Leaving Kenyans at their mercies with no hope
When it's huge loans that are borrowed
But no track record or development to show
And that's just a piece
Of the iceberg that we've crushed in
Breaking the system to bits
The system is sick
But again we are blind
And not even struggling to see
I wonder what miracles we'll need
Just to put the system to speed
But still
In a system so rogue
To vote i will not!
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Apr 3, 2019
Apr 3, 2019 at 3:08 AM UTC
Kick start I push myself to start Blink twice Draw the curtains aside Like golden spears Penetrating my windows I let the sunlight Hit my eyes Just to acknowledge the fact That it's already dawn I need to wake up And feel the earth Just to appreciate That I'm feeling alive. The chirping of the birds A natural melody That never get hyped The smell of fresh dung The dew on the grass Shining, in sparkling light As the sun rays hit the ground The morning cold Making me shiver a bit As i try to see through The fading fog The the white rising smoke Of burning firewood From neighbour's kitchens The laughing and energetic Sounds of little children As mothers prepare Some something to feed them The sizzling sounds Of steaming kettles The scrubbing and rubbing Of yesterday's utensils The smell of cooking breakfast The day has started The whole village's a woken I yawn and smile Its just another day In my village town. Akwana Wa Odera @the_real_akwana © 2019
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 at 4:54 AM UTC
Sometimes i just want to be alone
Not because i despise you
But because i get so low
And wouldn't want to affect you
The other day you said i love you less
That I'm getting bored like a slow game of chess
If only you knew you are the reason i resonate
Refuse to waste
Away as my thoughts distain
It's you that rekindles my flame
On those days that I'm so cold and pale
You Crack me out of my shell
And love me until all my pain
Dissolves and fade away
How can i ever love you less
When it's only you in this world
I try my very best just to impress?
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 at 1:23 AM UTC
'Lady's first'
My favorite catch phrase
Every time we walking together
And want to see her *** move all together
A beauty in bold letters
Still contemplating on which font's better.
With comparisons to none
She's always left me in awe
Just how...,
How could she have existed
This carefully drawn
And beautifully presented piece of art,
To which I've withdrawn
My resistance
And let her capture my heart.
'This my destination'
She says with hesitation
'My hug...?'
She turns
And smiles
I can never deny
She gets me hypnotized
As I disappear in her eyes
It's like they sparkle
Releasing a thousand fragments
Of light
Confusing me on which
Is the most bright
This new high
She takes me
Beyond normal level heights
With which i get deep within
My new favorite drug
My dopamine.
'Hun?'
She brings me back
And hug her tight
Whispering in her ear
'I love you back'
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 26, 2019
Mar 26, 2019 at 2:45 PM UTC
Pick a tag, tag a man
Pick a mic speak your mind
Tic toc tik like Nike it ticks
List long week, the weekend
Will kick
Flow sick mode ink
I write i think
My poems released
Hip hop, hip joint
Do a dab
With no music to dance
I shake i jump
My head on nod
They think I'm crazy
A mental clinic they propose.
Street talk, me i walk
I stick my nose
I get annoyed
Humans talk
Rumors choke
Quick fire, it's a bush fire
The whole world will get to know
Take a sip, my cup on refill
**** smoke thick
My mind mode on think
Kush and lean
My eyes heavy i sleep
Wake up feeling lower than i did
Tip tip i rub my ****
I have no feeling
But **** her deep
Trip down
My memories got lanes
I duck, i swerve,
I refrain most of them.
My minds on lock
My thoughts undisclosed
Lay a trap, trap the mouse
Cut it limbs
And make it stand.
With no sense of humor
In humane in human
Overrated, they are a tumor
Superbly, the write's in me
My sun will rise
My darkness will flee
My poems on three
They'll rate them for free
I sit and wait, hopping to see the day
They understand my frolic writing spree
Drip drip like a tap not closed
Juggle their minds
While my thoughts unfold
As i write in prose
Then share them as poems,
These are just
My random thoughts
With words to match
The force.
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 24, 2019
Mar 24, 2019 at 6:53 AM UTC
Hold my hand right
The sentiments I've felt
Could easily flip a moving ship
To subside
The many decisions i was meant to decide
So many fallouts that resulted from incites
To be in light
I was referred to the word
A sheet full of write
And verses to recite
But with each complete chapter
I didn't get my longing desires
So if roses are red
Does that mean those
With the pigment red
Are the better species?
For violets it's true
Reason i scold the clouds
Just to witness the sky
Lining in blue
Lilies are white
Never heard them spread that word
But still daisies are my favorite
With characters of simplicity
With elegance
A perfect representation of me
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Mar 22, 2019 at 4:17 AM UTC
All my life,
I've been one who listens
Listening to their tales
Of achievements and heartfelts
Their laughter and cries
Of life and it's heartbreaks
Of the weather changes
From clouds to scorching sun rays.
So i think,
To me too they should listen
Of the over flowing thoughts
And these compilated images.
As they speak, i listen
When i write
Will they read them?
These stories in my head
Made of characters
I tend to invent.
Short stories with intent
Long stories of how i pretend
****
Maybe i should not
They'll never relate
Our life's experiences
Maybe will never be the same
So i hold in my breath
As my shaky hands reflect
Of my torments intense
And my heartbeats quick race
Mmmh,
You don't want me telling
About my face
It's already covered in sweat
The expressions it portrays
I'm already betrayed.
How do i even try to
Explain my self
When I'm already panicking
With unrest
With my mouth agape
Fumbling with words to say
I'm choking, my throat is tight
With words stuck in my chest
I look to the right
Then steal glances to my left
Hoping they never get to notice
How I'm struggling
To cover my mess
All i wanted was them to listen
To the many tales in my head
But how do i start
When there's nothing to say!
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 6, 2019
Mar 6, 2019 at 4:32 AM UTC
I understand your say
The advice is on point
But let me explain
I'm held captive here
With chains shackled
To my toes
She's a beauty,
Ready to unfold
But a lost broken bird
With pieces scattered
All over the floor.
Beauty with madness
Characters that can't hold
Love full of empathy
Are not the best feelings
I'm supposed to show
Maybe i love her
Maybe I'm just imitating
The pros
Maybe I'm just wasting
Her time
Limiting her mind to grow
So tell me bro
How do I perform right
In this show?
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 1:24 AM UTC
Smile so bright,
She's an angel in the light
My at most delight
Twinkle twinkle little star
Sometimes i think
She came from far
Maybe another galaxy
Past the skies.
Show me how to fly
I need to reach
The highest peak
When loving my girl.
Dancing to the tunes
Of her heart beat,
A perfect orchestra
When her eyes blink.
Her eyes big
When i look into them
I dive in
Getting lost in them,
I sink deep,
An abyss
Full of bliss.
To say the least
She's the pivot I'm the beam
This girl with a smile
So bright
My angel, my light
My at most delight!
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019 at 4:57 AM UTC
So i met this girl
Who says she loves me
But i think I'm just an object
She's infatuated in
She was wanting a 'boyfriend'
And i fell right in
So i get to comfort her
Make her think she's in love.
The other day i heard her boast
That I'm around
Maybe so her friends could just
Confirm that I'm hers.
Now she gets mad when i don't call
And talk
She thinks it's because i got bored
And walked.
Her insecurities I've known
Reason, every time I call,
I have to pause and check my tone
I can't even switch off my phone
Or leave it at home,
She might call and think I'm gone.
With her i trade carefully
So at night she can maybe
Sleep peacefully
Hold her hand tightly
Just to reassure her
She's not lost entirely.
Every time
I think of her
I get lost in sense
I'm i in love,
Or infatuated just like her.
In my prison of thoughts
Hers compose the most
Struggling to understand
This girl i met but can't ignore
I have a broken bird
In my hand
And I'm short of what to do.
Akwana Wa Odera
@the_real_akwana
© 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019 at 4:55 AM UTC