Us

Things fell apart
then when we decidedly endorsed,
right there at the source,
a river between
Us
At inception
Of the cornered camouflaged commission
In a quest for equation
We chose to use division
To form a parted union
Two teams
bore a referee so collectively disintegrated
in the watch of a deceived religion
and we cheated fate
Then;
Now we are on karma,
And mortality
faces the reincarnation of hate
and smells red iron
the smell of red raw blood.
It is a tough test
of echoing ego
facing selfish selflessness,
Madness
against ruthlessness
in the watch of a deceived religion.
We only look up to the Almighty
the Creator
to re-create us;
Us
to renew the unity
The Us,
We the people.
For we are at a red road
where the red soil soaks blood
and the red horizon
beckons with a ghostly glance
in the watch of a deceived religion
that's smartly dressed in expensive cloaks
and dumbly ready to dance to our dirges
we who are at the altar
of the elite congregation
that paid early for their faith
and paid dearly for our fate too;
paid for us,
and paid us too
Us
Only God will save us
Us.

Maurice Nderitu Kamau 2017, October 16th.

My plea for peace in Kenya, please be a Kenyan first before you be your tongue follower.

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