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Life’s too short to worry about things that make you unhappy

You wonder why it’s all making you grumpy

It’s rainy and muddy

Oceans roaring and stormy

Mountains falling

In troubled waters drowning

Feeling like you are falling apart

Feeling like you are alone in debt

Seeking love

Seeking peace

Looking and searching

The cheating thought of finding

Gosh when is it gon’ stop

You scream and tear up

All ain’t lost

Life is a gift

You stop and think

You gaze into thin air and blink

Wondering

Winking

Meditating

Asking

Where is home?

That shoulder to lean on

The presence of hope when all seems to be gone

The blessings that you start to count

The love from the people around you

The phone call from your loved ones

That smile from a stranger

Warm clothes on a rainy day

Comfort food on a stormy day

That bowl of soup

That ice cream scoop

That tall glass of hot chocolate coffee with a touch of caramel

The chocolate bars

The well-scented flowers

Those snuggles and cuddles

Those warm fuzzy feelings despite your tribulations

That’s where home is!

Vee Mwakoyo @31.03.2018

TIME BOMB

They say, one thing about broken clocks you can always tell exactly when they stop ticking.

With people, it isn’t so easy and sometimes.... you can’t even tell they are broken!

I do not know what’s going on

I do not know what we are getting on

Fights

Arguments

Stone cold

Being bold

I carried him in my heart, I walked with him in my spirit and each time I didn’t hear from him I felt uneasy and this is how I knew I loved him!

My joy turned to sadness 

My sorrow was once happiness

He was my hope

He lifted me up 

I do not recognize him anymore

Where is the man I used to adore

Where is the man who balanced my equation

Where is the man who showed me his dedication

There is a stranger on the other end of the line 

A stranger who once together we used to dine 

We might not have a lot of memories

Each memory was special and full of bliss

I called him my lion king, his highness

He called me his wifey, his lioness 

I could have been his b!+(h

Now I know why and it wasn’t a fall in the ditch

He is a stranger alright

A stranger who was once a tenant in my heart

Do I blame it on him

Do I blame it on me

Do I blame it on us

Do I blame it on the distance

Do I blame it on greed

Do I blame it on love

Does love exist 

Is love at the exit

My heart bleeds 

A sharp pain in my heart it cuts across 

Do I share it

Do I bottle it up

Paper is my confidante 

Pen is my friend 

I’m getting stronger

It scares me coz I will care no longer

I will no longer love

I will no longer strive

I know I will live

I know I will survive 

Vicky Mwakoyo, November 2017

THE SUN TO THE WAVES

"You don't need to do much... I will make you shine." The sun said to the waves!

Photo Credit: Vee

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It’s amazing how “love” can put us down on our knees

Stoop so low to finally touch your toes

Is there any truth out there?

Is there any “love” out there?

They say opposites attract 

Does it justify attracting a brat?

You think to yourself “where did I go wrong?”

No honey, it’s just a partner gone wrong

Always hanging out with @$$h0|£$ 

Thinking this time they won’t be d!€<$

Their minds and hearts controlled by their p£n!$£$ 

Lies and deceits coming out of their F¥€<!ng beaks

And you think you have a problem?

Are you subjected to doom?

@$$h0|£$ will prefer b!+€#¥$ and leave a good thing going on

Douchebags will run away from loyalty and enjoy prostitution 

We all have flaws but do you always have to diarrhea yours

Can’t you learn to respect that which you claim to be yours

Shitty excuses

Random decisions

Coming from a shithole of a mouth 

A Latrine of a brain 

A sewer of a heart

A dumpster of a soul

.... and yes! You and you! I’m talking to both of you!

Vee Mwakoyo @09.03.2018

COLOR? NO?

So many different colors arranged 

Cool, warm, harsh, wicked and wild 

These colors, so different yet so similar 

These colors so confusing, yet so clear

There is only one color I like

It’s not neutral like white and black

This color warms my heart 

This color melts my heart

This color I call abstract art

This color I call signature art

Slit my throat open 

See my veins poppin

Listen to my voiceless voice

Rip my chest see my heart dance 

The heart that harbored the color

The heart that harbored the dweller

This color became a tenant 

A tenant with no rent 

This color feels right

Eyes still gouged out

Brains about to explode

Tongue almost tied

This color

This honor

What to do?

What to decide?

Do you feel me?

Do you hear me?

Vee❤️❤️ @22:14pm, 16.11.2017

I DEY FINE!

What’s light when there ain’t a little darkness

What’s calmness when there ain’t a little storm

What’s dealing with when there ain’t a little trouble

What’s conquering, victory when there ain’t a little battle

Sometimes you gotta be pushed to realize your worth

Sometimes the darkness ain’t even that scary

Sometimes the storm ain’t even that rough

Sometimes the trouble ain’t even that big

Sometimes the battle ain’t even that strong 

As I lay me down

I thank the Almighty for I am grown

As I put my head down

I pray to the Almighty that I can see dawn

As I close my eyes 

I hope for the spirit to give me joy and peace 

I dey up

I dey awake

Morning dew topping the grass

Sunshine engulfing the clouds

Drawing the curtains 

Shining my eyes

I no dey mumu

I dey correct babe

Yes I sabi am

Wetin be dis! You ask

It’s a voice, it’s a nerve

The last nerve that helps you see the light

The last nerve that keeps you calm

The last nerve that solves the trouble

The last nerve that conquers the battle

Vee Mwakoyo @04.11.2017