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Trupoetry Feb 2016
I'm going to give you the best answer
you've never had
to all the questions
you never ask

Nakupenda

Your legacy is unwritten
which means it is untold
remain silent
until it is worth speaking of

truth-full-y

I see you
the way a mirror see's itself
encompassed by its purpose
forgetting
its worth seeing
not just using to be seen into

There is a lot of love in the world
of a loveless people

There is a lot to be seen
thru a faceless peep hole

Keep that key and the spare
on stand by
Stand by until you don't need to open doors
sparingly

Be strong

Insecurities don't compromise beauty
beauty compromises insecurities
A conflict worth sorting out

Speak to yourself
more than you are spoken about

Trace the lines of your hand
don't memorize them
but forget not the familiarity

Never get lost in the lines of another
Always find your way back home

There is no place quite like you
An ode to be[eing] yourself
ISSAI MASHINGO Jun 2014
NAKUSHUKURU
Baba nakushukuru kwa kunipa uhai hata sasa,
Nashukuru kwa kunisamehe na kunitakasa,
Nashukuru kwa kuwa ulikufa kwa ajili yangu,
Nashukuru kwani ulinibariki toka tumboni mwa mama yangu,
Nashukuru unanipenda hata na mapungufu yangu,
Nashukuru kwa kuwa unanilinda kutoka na kuingia kwangu,
Lihimidiwe jina lako YEHOVA hakuna kama wewe,
Mungu kwa kuwa hakuna kinachoweza kulinganishwa na upendo wako,
Hakuna kinachoweza kulinganishwa na wema wako,
Je ni mwanadamu gani awezaye kufa kwa ajili ya asimjua?
Ni nani awezaye kukubali kuteseka kwa niaba ya yule amchukiaye?
Ni nani awezaye kuuweka chini uhai wake kwa ajili ya adui yake?
Athalia Feb 2019
Je,ni jahannamu kwa nani
Nakupenda hata wakati unaniumiza
Tuli kuwa na kila mmoja
Lakini tulipoteana
Na sasa ninakutafuta
Lakini hutaki kupatikana
SassyJ Aug 2018
Sikiliza kinda zikitoa wimbo
maneno yanao tendeleza
kwa kiloho and pia dhamila

Mpenzi tazama hapo tulisimama
kumbuka upendo ulioshangaza
hapakuwa na mipaka yoyote

Nakuamkia tena mpenzi
kati ya mawe ya sali
tena asubuhi na mapema

Sikiliza mawimbi yakituliza
yakisema maneno matamu
yanao tembeza na amusha

                  Translation
Ohh hear the chick sing a melody
tuned with tender words
those that soothe the heart and mind

At the ledge where we stand
remember the magical remnants
without a face or a boundary

I wake up to you my love
in the midst of an unknown matrix
as the early sun rises

Ohh hear the waves calm the day
saying sweet and lovely words
of tales that stares and awakens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQKtZQCLBY

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