life, love, poetry, africa, gender activism

Due to distractions of all sorts, I have unfortunately ignored this blog. I have been reading and enjoying recent comments left by kind readers nonetheless and wish to apologise for not responding to these.

Thank you…

Sokari
Donald Kihuga
Gayuganda love your poem
Nakeel
Gish
Sarah
Ntyatyi
Jara
Mandi
Stephen Bess

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The resolve in my heart was…..has been steadfast…….
Forged in time ……..long before i laid eyes on you……
Long before our first walk together….long before the words escaped
my lips…..
If you wonder why i look at you with childish abandon……
Why i do not get upset……
My eyes had seen all the wrong that would come…….
Still the resolve to see you in perfection…….
A being of purity…….
Long before…….
My heart had been broken by you before i met you…….
But still it resolved to keeping beating…..
Not for me……not to keep me alive…..but for you….
Long before
My eyes had seen the pain you would put my soul through…….
My ears heard the arguments long before…….
But i pay no mind because my feelings for you were
resolved…..consecrated long before I laid eyes on you……….long
before i heard your beautiful voice…..
Reasons as to why I know our souls were together before our bodies……
Our visions seen long before our eyes met….
Our experiences performed long before our minds met……
So when i smile as you shout……Tis because i heard the argument before……
Seen how the argument ends……..
You in my arms…….our bodies an explosive collection of energy……
Intertwined in perfect synergy……..
Agreeing that we…..us ….you and me……
Was destined before……
Long before……..

– Amani Jastiel Mosha

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About 6 hours ago in reply to mamajunkyard
Trying to be as cool as Jean-Luc Picard

About 5 hours ago from txt
Twitted…but followers perplexed

About 4 hours ago from TweetDeck
Gotta stop twitting without spellcheck

About 3 hours ago in reply to blacklooks
Twitted but really outta be on school books

About 2 hours ago from the web
The twitting verve never seems to ebb

About 1 hour ago in reply to jke
Following a short pause for afternoon tea

About 30 minutes ago Twitter is over capacity
Just as I went to twit something very witty

Too many tweets!
The stupid thing bleats

Please wait a moment & try again
Arrg!This is driving me insane

@mamajunkyard @blacklooks @jke – some of my fave twitter friends

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he comes to her
as she stands
on the shore
he stares at the sad sea
of what could have been
the sky witness
to the farewell
begins to shed tears
reflecting her desolation
an unsettling
love with no rhyme no reason
came suddenly
with a headless rush
swift and flowing
like a spring
from an endless source
swept them overboard
and left them adrift

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The nights lengthens

Sleep disappears;

eyes stay open

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If they asked
He would tell them
why he allows love to pass him by.
He would not dissemble
but would tell it like it is.
He would tell them
the consequence
of love’s young dream
is nothing
but
a brimful of broken dreams
He would tell them
about the crushing of hope,
the falling off from pedestals.
He would say
the triumph of love
is not exultation but
corroding
of the heart.
He would tell them
if they asked.

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This song from the Buena Vista Social Club was released in 1997. It was delightful then and still thrilling now. The members of the Club may be slowly disappearing but they leave behind indelible cosmic footprints.

Bliss.

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