"sani" poems
My best friend tells me that she was born in the wrong time.
That her viking ancestors would be ashamed of how much
she can't handle. How she's no warrior.
So I take her to a powwow that my sister's dancing at
and let her feel the vibrations of the drums
pound through her feet.
I tell her maybe our war drums are our heartbeats.
She's fighting herself and using razors as her soldiers.
I say, if you need sharp things let's use arrows to figure
out where east is so we can run towards the rising sun
like my ancestors did.
We can use words as our shield walls in battle
and I can be the dragon head on your ship
to scare off the enemy in dark and foggy times.
If you want to get a little pagan I'll burn all my sage for you
and we can pray to all the gods we've heard stories of.
I'll teach you all the tricks my shima’ sani taught me.
We are warriors. But is it selfish of me to hope that you
never go to Valhalla? I want you to live long after
the fighting ends.
Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013 at 9:09 AM UTC
Pai n voi ces b od ys c o r p s e s gu ilt hat re d ang er sad ness blo od gu ts ste nch de a th he ll peo ple ene mys all ies fam ily lov ed o n e s fri ends se arin g pa i n b r ok en b o nes to rtu re N O mer cy
men tal sani ty L O S T m in d br o k e n HIM I am HIM n o i c a nt b e ple as e just
ki ll M E?
Oct 21, 2018
Oct 21, 2018 at 4:02 AM UTC
Tirka-tirka ana tara tara.
Hujjojin duka an tattara.
Lauyoyi sun debi wara.
A can kotu kuwa an fara.
Tattara hujjoji a fili karara.
A cikin kotun koli ba'a bara.
In baka da hujja sai ka tara.
Wani lokaci ko wata shekara.
Wata zai kama, mu dau kara
Don tsula biri ya shirya zara.
Buri nasa yayi ta kona kara
Tsula tuni a kai nasa ya sha gora
Wata ya doso
Lokacin tsayawar sa ya taso
Jama'a ku zo mu siyo soso
Mu wanke dattin kwanso
Wata kila tsula zai je gidan kaso
Kuma za'a daure shi a kwankwaso
Zai yi ta tsalle ko baya so
Don ya sha wankan soso
Wai ina yake ne, kantoma
Mun sani baka da makoma
In ka tafi ba badda kama
Duk abin da ka shuka zai girma
Zaka girba tabbas ba tantama
A gidan kaso ko a magarkama.
An fara duba wata.
Ga samaniya ta haskaka
Masoyan korra sun rausaya
Murna ta su ta wuce zolaya
To ina masoya ja?
Sun hauhawa.
Farashi nasu ya raurawa,
ya fadi kasa tamkar wawa.
Tun sun ga wata a samaniya,
jinjiri me yaye hayaniya,
Sun tunzura su yi hayaniya.
Shugaban jam'iyya yace
Kowa ya fito da idaniya
Ya kura su sama yayi dubiya
Jariri na wata zai bayyana
A daren yau ko gobe da jibi.
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024 at 8:45 AM UTC
the thing about
first jobs is that
they’re never
your last job
and for all the years
spent behind this counter
i’ll spend ten more
somewhere else
and now it’s time
to leave
i wish it didn’t
have to end this way
wish things would have
turned out differently
but at the end
of the day i know
i made the best
choice i could
as long as my
hands were tied
and i don’t know
where i’m going
from here and
i’m afraid
but not so afraid
that i can’t see
there’s something
better for me
and this time
change
is good for me
because who knows
how long i would
have let myself grow old
saturated in coffee under my nails
grease on my apron
and tears that
didn’t come from onions
and i’d like to hope
that i won’t be forgotten
like to hope that when
you put an extra tablet in
the sani water that you
think of me as it dissolves
like to hope that you
miss the way your
coffee tasted just perfectly
sweet enough when i
was the one
making it
like to hope you’ll
miss my scones and
coffee cakes and the way
i always tried to be
a forceful source
of encouragement
i like to hope
but i know
deep down inside
life just rolls
onward and soon
someone else will come
along and all i did
will be forgotten
but i do
like to hope
Jun 7, 2019
Jun 7, 2019 at 11:35 PM UTC
_In Kano’s heart,
where the sun does gleam,
Lives a soul with a noble dream.
Sani Mainagge,
a name so bright,
Guiding us through day and night.
With wisdom deep and courage strong,
You lead us right,
where we belong.
In fields of green and skies of blue, Your spirit shines in all you do.
Through trials faced and victories won,
your journey’s path is never done.
A light in our lives you stay,
Lighting up the darkest day._
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024 at 2:52 PM UTC