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Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life. *-Herman Hesse

This willow weeps for no one

It hears the mountain's tears
riding on the backs of slow waves

This willow knows

that the sun's silence
is understood by every atom

It knows

that soon the rocks will rise up and
take arms

They will wage a war against concrete
and flesh

Soon the earth will heave a sigh of relief
and will resume feeding the willows that have
long ago stopped crying
I love willow trees and it's true, this one spoke to me. I'm simply its messenger.
 Feb 2018 Joy Onyango
Jessica
Do you really think you can fall in love?
You tell yourself that lie
You date, you play, you fall for people
But love? Don’t be silly.
You can’t even love yourself.
Stupid girl, how many will you deceive,
How many people will you corrupt,
Change what “Love” is to them
Just because you can’t find it yourself.
You are weak. You need others don’t you?
You need them, but they’d be better off without you
Well, wouldn’t they?
Say it. Tell them how little you’re worth.
Tell them how you use them to survive,
To feel wanted, and how you want to love them
But you don’t. No matter how hard you try.
Wanna know why?
You can’t fall in love because you don’t deserve too.
They need better than you.
You don’t love, you don’t know the meaning of the word.
So, I’ll ask you again.
Do you really think you can fall in love?
 Feb 2018 Joy Onyango
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Her art
 Feb 2018 Joy Onyango
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There she stands,
covered in paint,
admiring her work.

Her feelings.
Her thoughts.
Her.

She is her art.
She is the blue overlapping with the dark purple.
She is the light pink mixing with the red.

She is her art.
She is art.
I am she.
I am art.
WE are art.
We are all art. We are all special and important.
She is,
Salt
Sugar
Spice
Sometime, mixed perfectly
Sometime, let it be…

She is,
Air
Water
Fire
Sometime, what gets calm
Sometime, let it be…

She is,
Portrait
Prose
Music
Sometime, what gets memorized
Sometime, let it be…

She is,
Dawn
Day
Dusk
Sometime, what inspires us
Sometime, let it be…

She is,
Real
Virtual
Abstract
Sometime, what gets connected
Sometime, Let it be…

She is,
Silent
Humble
Human
Never she trades honesty.
Never did she.

Let it be…

Sometime, what we wish is miracle.
Let it be,
Please.
All about, She.
I was not a poet, then it happened.
 Feb 2018 Joy Onyango
LS
if you told me to stand on the ledge of a tall building
i'd smirk and look down from the edge happily

if you told me to drive 100 miles per hour down a backroad
i'd go 120 without blinking

if you told me to swim and swim and swim until i saw black
i'd dive as deep as i could and ignore the burning in my lungs

if you asked me
what do you fear most
i'd laugh
and say
i don't
roses are red
night is dark
writing this poem
hurts my heart

shaky sobs
like violets, i'm blue
i'm wondering
why i ever loved you
to ends and beginnings
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