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91 · Feb 2021
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Muiruri gathairu Feb 2021
You are a goddess
You had me the moment we met, I confess
And it's not just because of all the heavenly features you possess
I'd say you're out of my league if I had to guess
Never thought you'd show up when I gave you my address
You alleviate my stress with each second we caress
You're my refuge every time am in distress
90 · Apr 2020
Same difference
Muiruri gathairu Apr 2020
There's no one like you around
I still can't get you
Same difference
Red is for danger
Green is good, good to go
Am color blind, same difference
He's got too much to see
And he's hopelessly blind
I wanna say same difference
He's selfish and we were made in his image
He never answers when I pray
Same difference
She can't samba
I have two left feet
Same difference
Call it euthanasia
And I have no reason to live
Same difference
90 · Jan 2021
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Muiruri gathairu Jan 2021
I can see through you
I can see through your lies
Most importantly, I can see through your half truths and false promises
I can see through your flattering words and your false charm
I can see that I have been stupid to believe a word you said
I can see now that it was all just an elaborate facade
I can see you were just a foe carefully disguised as a friend
I can see it was all air and vapour masquerading as tangible matter
I can see that it was all theatre , a fool I was to think it was factual
I can see that I thought I could see but in reality I was blind
I can see that it was just a well crafted illusion
I can see that all you brought me was confusion
I can see that I was subject to your unprompted rejection
I can see that you were never willing to alleviate my dejection
I can see that I would never be part of your selection
89 · Feb 2020
Overdose
Muiruri gathairu Feb 2020
If love is a drug, is it possible to overdose?
Fill the cup till it overflows
Fill the river till it breaks the banks
88 · Sep 2020
Oasis
Muiruri gathairu Sep 2020
I've waited for your love like parched ground waits for rain
Only your kisses can quench these thirsty lips
I've longed for your love like a weary soldier longs for his home
Your smile made my dying heart joyous, and its once again brimming with life
I live for you like a pirate lives for gold and for the sea
You are my oasis in this vast desert that is life
87 · Feb 2020
Better
Muiruri gathairu Feb 2020
Am jumping off a cliff and hoping that before I hit the ground I'll learn to fly
Am avoiding airports, I love planes but I just hate saying goodbye
Am trying to stay awake, I love sleep but I fear the nightmares
Am hoping the sun won't come up because the light will expose all my flaws
Am wearing all the newest clothes but inside am hollow and plastic like a mannequin
Am trying to bring back that smile and sunshine I had before it turned sour
Am working to be the angel I once was before I fell from glory
87 · Feb 2020
God the poet
Muiruri gathairu Feb 2020
If God was a poet he'd write about his feelings
About how for the longest time he felt lonely
All alone in the fabric of time and space
Nobody to share his days with

If God was a poet he'd write about his immortality
About how he's destined to never die
For him that day is never coming
To him maybe it feels like a curse

If God was a poet he'd write about death
About all the carcasses and corpses
He won't do a thing about it
He understands that part of the journey is the end

If God was a poet he'd write about love
How two random strangers come to be inseparable
One feeling he/she cant be without the other
But the purest love he'd say comes from a mother
84 · Mar 2020
Past present future
Muiruri gathairu Mar 2020
Am standing where the roads meet
Am hoping the road ahead is longer than what's behind me
Or maybe am just not long for this world
Feels like time is against me
Am it's opponent
My time is running out
That's the reason I can't sleep at night
Coz every remaining minute I want to spend with you
Every second I want to see your face
And maybe memorize every single feature
Treasure every imperfection
Coz baby am not long for this world
I try but ultimately I fail
I tremble every time we touch
And am hypnotized every time we kiss
Am brave but in this moment am afraid I might lose you
My eyes will never see you again
79 · Jun 2020
an idle bored mind
Muiruri gathairu Jun 2020
hiding my eyes so you cant see my soul
am searching for something to make  me whole
i try to be strong but sometimes the weight takes its toll
the nights be cold and dark as coal

my heart is bound in iron clutches
all the broken fragments held together by patches
i try to offload the pain but like a tick onto me it latches
feels like hours but just ten seconds have passed on my watches
78 · Oct 2021
Change
Muiruri gathairu Oct 2021
When people engage you , they expect you to act a certain way or do certain things, these expectations are drawn from past experiences you've shared together, when you try to deviate from their expectations they convince you that that's just who you are, maybe they don't want to be wrong or maybe they don't believe that you have the ability to change, maybe they want to stay the same and reject any change happening around them, anyway the past defines the present but it doesn't define the future
**** anyone who tells you anything different
78 · May 2020
Heartbreak
Muiruri gathairu May 2020
The music of our love has been muted
The bright colors of our promises have faded away
The calm winds of our kisses turned to dry desert sandstorms
The warm gentle rays of our laughter turned to scorching heat waves

Soft kitten purrs have become screeching screams
Once sinless souls now sinking to the darkest depths of damnation
Daydreams demolished and in their place are dungeons
Serpents slithering in the once stainless snow
#heartbroken #pain #loss
77 · Jun 2020
Trials#4
Muiruri gathairu Jun 2020
the moment I held your tender hands I felt a new kind of love
i always hoped this day would come
now that's it's here I hope to never let you down

i look at your innocent clueless eyes and I well up with tears
you've already found a place in my heart
a warm yellow halo floats above your head
Though unexpected at first ,my love for my kid grows daily
77 · May 2020
Small town
Muiruri gathairu May 2020
Sandwiched between my blankets
I can hear the low rumble of thunder outside
The skies are darker than usual
Dim light is coming through my window

Am half drunk, half bored
Am half naked but not cold
Am half way through this new love song I just discovered
Am lost in my thoughts tryna stay optimistic, that glass half full mentality

I should get out of this place soon
Its the tenth time am having this thought in the last ten minutes
Can't keep it off my mind
Cant leave even if I use all my might

Chained down by all the good memories
Slowed down by that beautiful girl who promised she'd kiss me
Tryna take my first step but am paralysed
Tryna be brave but am terrified
74 · Jan 2020
Humming in my heart
Muiruri gathairu Jan 2020
I once felt like the grey cloud that blemishes the clear blue sky
I felt like no one cared, not even god
Thinking about all the love I lost, swerved bonds
But am learning to live with all my mistakes and imperfections
When my thoughts get heavy I take a step back
Stay in and listen to lofi tracks
There's a new humming in my heart
In the past I always felt hopeless and lost but in 2020 ,I decided to have hope and start again
74 · Jul 2020
Love letters
Muiruri gathairu Jul 2020
You light up my days like a lantern
I've noticed am happy each time am with you, it's a pattern
And with each moment my heart grows fonder
Each time I hope time slows down and we're here longer
My heart is overwhelmed with joy like a young bird when it learns to fly
I can't love you perfectly but I promise I'll try
You're my poison
It's like you got me under some love potion
I want to be with you till the day I ride in a hearse
I want to hold your hand and carry your purse
73 · Jun 2021
Consider this
Muiruri gathairu Jun 2021
Consider this
You bring me peace
You give me undiluted feelings of bliss
Your love is soft and warm like a woollen fleece
Consider this
I yearn for your kiss
I give you my whole heart and not just a piece
When i hold you i feel nothing is amiss
72 · Feb 2020
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Muiruri gathairu Feb 2020
It started with a spark but every time you kiss me, you feed the flame
If I lose myself tonight you're to blame
68 · Apr 2020
Whiskey
Muiruri gathairu Apr 2020
Love is like when a base meets an acid
The deterioration is quite rapid
Love is crazy, a majestic hound gone rabid
Your arrow finally hit me, nice shot cupid

Am scared to die so I wear a face mask
Can't help but think of all the questions I never asked
I can't breathe like am stuck in a vacuum flask
Thank God for this liquid aged in casks
66 · Jun 2022
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Muiruri gathairu Jun 2022
Call to the heavens ,pastor
Do not slow down ,faster
Supernatural force, ghost, casper
worldwide calamity, disaster
*******, *******
Opposite of slave, master
Small but reach my full potential, mustard
Read the news, caster
Italian food, pasta
Whip my hair back and forth, rasta
Keep it all clean, duster
He gathers all his courage, muster
60 · Jul 2020
Ex
Muiruri gathairu Jul 2020
Ex
once one but we split into multiple parts, divide
two bodies moving in opposite directions, diverge
hoped you'd give me all that you have
I gave you all that I had
sadly you gave me less than half
i've never been your fave
all I ever wanted to do was love
and make love to you like a perv
you calmed me down when the world got on my nerves
58 · Aug 2020
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Muiruri gathairu Aug 2020
I express my love in unsent letters
Promising to give shelter, everytime you come across unfriendly weather
Am right there with you when you're lost in the storm, feeling fearful and light as a feather
I just want to know whether, there's a chance that one day our hearts will be tethered
When am restless and moving too fast you're my pacesetter
Am sinful,maybe even soulless but everyday you make me better
46 · Jan 2020
i want, i want
Muiruri gathairu Jan 2020
I want a heart that can't be shot down
I want endless laughter that can't be drowned
I want to be all smiles no frowns
I want my days to be colorful like the graffiti I see downtown

I want you to kiss my lips
I want to dream of you when I sleep
I want you to know I'll always be here am for keeps
I want you for every season even in autumn when trees shed their leaves

I want a picnic under that cool tree shade
I want those memories that never fade
I want to be the one that stayed
I want you to know you're the most beautiful soul god ever made

I want that love that warms me down to my core

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