i want to get all my fears
tattooed on my body
so that i can never forget
what i will never overcome

Pain endures life,
Love acquires lies,
Plucking and satisfying,
all the wicked ties..

ribald footprints 
of a silent, broken guitar 
rendezvous with an ebbing tide:
recalcitrant thoughts wash away
along this sandy shore.

Paint my soul in your colors
Design me
Define me
Until we are one
Creation and creator
Imagine my lines and speak my thoughts
Put me onto paper
Understand me accept me
Take my hand
And lead me to the burning sun
Take me into the new world
Write how it
Scarred me
Jade me
Then fold me back
Into the crevasses of your mind
Close and secure
And then close your eyes
An listen as I whisper
Design me
Define me
*I am yours.

Just a push of a plunger
And I'll make you warm again,
Make you forget how cold the world is.
Just one hit
And you'll smile again,
You'll sink into my bliss.
Just one push of a plunger,
Just one hit,
And, my friend, you're hooked.
But there's a dark side to me,
A side you don't see,
Not right away.
I'll run through your veins,
Rampant, destroying all I touch
Til I'm the only one who can fix you.
Just one more push of that plunger
And you can think again,
Without me your mind's in chains.
Just one more hit
And you can breathe again,
But its for the last time.
Just one more push,
Just one more hit,
And your life is mine.

After seeing you off
The thoughts of the three hours that had passed
Lingered on vividly on mind
I could almost see your lips shaping into that smile
The smile you paraded the first night we met
The aroma of black coffee stuck on the strands of my dread locks
I took you with me to Kororo,
One of the villages by the sea in Zanzibar
Here I learnt to dance kidumbaki
How they shook their waists fascinated me
Their upper bodies remained motionless
In awe I sat there marveling at how all ages engaged in this dance
They told me, kidumbaki is in their blood
Even 3 year olds  know how to dance
As I learnt the dance I imagined you being the man on my behind
I felt your hands on my waist
With each twist your drew closer
And we got down together in slow motion
Our waists became twins, riding on the same rhythm
I almost felt your heavy breath on my left shoulder
As my back eased on your *****
I danced with you in spirit