A Scarcity Mindset

There is no sure path to sadness 

than the constant nagging thought, 

that you'd be happy every where else 

except where you are 

Tell me what sadder

than the idea that you'd be loved 

better by someone else than 

the person you are currently with 

what leaves you with a sore taste 

more than thinking you deserve better, 

a better job, better house, better family 

your reality seems like a trap 

stop seeing life from a position of scarcity 

it blinds you from all the blessings 

the abundance, happiness and joy 

a scarcity mindset will leave you miserable 

Places You've Never Been

there will be a thousand sceneries, 
breathtaking, picturesque,

some will leave long lasting impressions 

on your mind, 

while plenty will leave you unfulfilled

in the sense that you'll never be 

happy wherever you feet have taken root 

I'll Still Be Me

Do you know how much I have tried 
to 'unme' myself? 

I have always felt, without proof, 

that there was another version of myself, 

an improved version, 

a person so completely different from me 

a successful person, 

But it turns out that person shies away 

from the limelight 

Afraid to step out and be counted among 

heroes 

in all the futility of being me, 

I have given up finding my other self

I am 'me' and I'll still be me 

I'll Be Up Tonight

I'll be up tonight, 
I have already figured out 
the nature of the dream I'll have, 
it will be the same old dream 
that has bothered mankind 
since the beginning of time
where will we go when this 
breathe becomes air? 

I have thought about it 
not once, not twice, 
it bothers me though 
religion has been inadequate 
why would I allow myself to suffer 
so that I can live a good life 
when I die? 

I Am Not Sane

I guess you are wondering 
whether the thoughts, 
that glide and dance in my head, 
are the thoughts of a sane man. 

I harbour the same thoughts too, 
the kind of thoughts that graze 
inside this head - a head that's cost 
you a fortune - 
because they are no thoughts of a 
completely sane man 

I must admit, staying sane 
is a toll task on my part 
I am constantly seeking tunes 
bordering on dirges and love songs 
because it is then that the dinghy 
halls in my mind come alive 

Not All Days Are Alike

Not all days are alike

Some feel like a tortuous hike, 

upon lands with unwelcoming vista

the scenery doesn't fit insta 

there are days and nights 

where nothing goes right 

everything is dull 

suspended, with so much to mull 

there will be happy days 

encountered upon lonely highways 

scarce, and unspeakably lonely 

and a soul yearns to be free 

The Warrior

I look forward to the day 

when I'll wave you from the other side 

of River Cheploch, 

and watch your form gradually fade away 

into the beckoning Tugen Hills, 

into the dark and cold embrace of a 

former bandit 

I'll then haul myself up the Kerio 

escarpment, 

listen to the silent voices of my 

ancestors 

jeering at how stupid I was 

for making myself a disgrace in the clan 

for letting the affections of a woman 

turn my head around 

when I get to my father's backyard

I'll hunch over a laptop and write you a 

poem, 

I'll write that I am gathering my bows 

and arrows 

to prepare myself for battle

to rescue myself from the world, 

from you