WITH FIRE ITS MAGICAL.

They say that there is no bad weather only bad dressing.I get cheated so easily by this Autumn sun,it seems  warm but the temperatures tell a different story.Am standing outside and its ice cold.In this coldness my jeans feels wet.Its giving me no protection against the autumn breeze.My body heat is draining away and am helplessly shivering. I cant neither feel my face nor my feet.I had a lot in my mind but now my brain is starting to slow down. My body is not responding well to the cold .COLD IS PAINFUL.

When i finally get in the house  the only thing i think and want is little of warmth.My mind is dark and after a moment in the house am still cold.I think of the fireplace the only place that can be my sun on a cold evening like this one.
I gather the woods and start the fire.The flames curl and sway flicking this way and that way..Crackling as the dry wood burns.I get a sit and sit in front of the fire.Its so good to feel the warmth at last even if its only from one direction.

As i sit in front of the fire i stares at the blue flames .The flickering light awakes my inner caveman.My pressure is dropping .I watch in hypnotized joy, rubbing my hands to get just a little more of the gentle heat. I feel calm ,relaxed and i take my book and starts to write.
As my body warms up i realize that even the small Things can lift my spirit.Enjoy.

I RESIGN.

MORE ROUND

There is no pay beneath the sun,
As sweet as rest when a job's well done.
I was born to work up to my grave
But i was not born
To be a slave.


One more round...
AND LETS HEAVE IT DOWN,
One more round
And lets heave it down.


Papa drove loading machines and mamma farmed ,
I never heard them hollar cause the work was hard.
They were born to work up to their graves
But they were not born
To be worked -out slaves.


One more round
And lets heave it down,
ONE MORE ROUND
And lets heave it down.


Brother n sisters know the daily grind,
It was not labor made them lose their minds.
They were born to work up to their graves
But they were not born
To be worked-out slaves.


One more round
And lets heave it down,
ONE MORE ROUND
And lets heave it down.


And now i will tell you my Golden Rule,
I was born to work but i aint no mule.
I was born to work up to my grave
But i was not born
To be a slave.


One more round
And lets heave it down,
One more round
And lets heave it down.

VALENTINES

I have never thought much of valentines but that doesn`t mean i don`t celebrate it somehow.

Valentines is a very interesting day.Its also called saint Valentine`s day or the festive of saint valentine.Its most observed in many countries.Its a CULTURAL, CHRISTIAN( 14Feb  was fixed by the western christian church while July 7 was fixed by the Eastern orthodox church) its also COMMERCIAL.

Its celebration of love and affection(from the 18th- century England,it evolved into an occasion where lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers and sending greeting cards.

For most of us at this age we know the COMMERCIAL valentine where your significant other has to spend some or a lot of money just to say how much there love you.

Valentine should be a day of love and that can be shown by the simple gestures.Most of us spend days before and on valentines worrying about what their significant other will buy them for valentines. When the day comes everyone is stressed and spends ALL their time wondering if their significant will spend time with them.The worst part is when its all over most end being very UNHAPPY.(coz it didnt go us we expected) What about JUST LETTING IT BE.

What about vals being a day to show love to others despite NOT  being sure if others will show love to us.

Taking it easy.

Maybe it should be a day when you are able to judge your significant other especially if you are still in the dating game.If he or she cant spend time with you then that can be a red flag.(just saying of course that depend on many factors)

I THINK valentines should one happy day.A day to focus on yourself by learning whats worth to keep n whats to drop.

All the same am not saying you should expect him to buy you the world and  the truth is valentines is all about love ,exchanging love letters or cards if you like just declaring your love for your other.Its those small gestures that count its not how MUCH the GIFT costed.Let  the gift we give be a SYMBOL OF LOVE

When vals comes some of us gets to be so desperate we end up with anyone who will ask us out but the truth is, we necessarily dont have to really be with them and at he end of the day we end up feeling like losers.

If you no partner to spend the day with then think of all the nice people who surround you everyday am sure you can show them love by even spending time with them

If none of that is possible SELF LOVE IT IS .Happy valentines and i do hope you had an amazing time.
share the love this valentines just dont expect.

LONELINESS BRINGS THE BEST OUT OF ME(

Being more than 4426 miles(flying) away from my home land,its very different not only because of weather but especially how people interact with one another.
I thought it would not have an effect on me after all am  a very social being and over time i had learnt it wasn't hard for me to make friends.I was wrong.
With time i noticed a friend who started to visit me frequently.That friend was
 LONELINESS(a poem i wrote many years ago but i have edited it ) but this friend is not uncommon even back in  my motherland( to me or even others) but back in Kenya  like most of us i just called a friend to spend time together or sometimes i visited my neighbour.
I started making lonely footprints as i trudged through life in a world full of people.
Loneliness started to know my name.
I got so comfortable with "him" we called each other by our first name and as time passed we  were always together .We gave each other nicknames.
I got used to "him" i accepted him.We learnt to co-exist with each other. "he" pitched up to keep me Company. He just sat next to me and said not a single word. I just felt his presences engulfing me.
Oh with time i learnt to welcome him and then MAKE use of him.
I stared to look for a quiet place to meditate about my life,
Sometimes i take a walk by the sea as i listen to music and admire nature reminding myself that there are a thousands of people who would love to do the same but are not able.
SOMETIMES i take advantage of him and i tune into my passion for writing and starts writing my poems or just my thoughts on the laptop.I actually love the sound as i hit every key pad.
So loneliness brings  out my artistic talent for prose and rhymes  and i start to write.
NOW my so called "friend"  flew out of the window as soon as soon i returned to my passion of writing.
I wonder if his  uncivil flight through the window is because he is afraid to see me with you or he hates to see me enjoy being with you(enjoying writing)
SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN "HE" VISITS?
Learning how to co-exit and turning to the things we love to do because trust me we are likely to notice loneliness when we are away from people we love but we can also be very lonely even in a place full of people.ITS A DIFFERENT WORLD OUT THERE.Try to make the best of it it.
Taking control of our lives and being ABLE to co exit with ourselves.(dedicated to all those who live and work  far from their homeland or even away from home  just know you are not alone).

MEN WITH PENS

I took way too long to start writing here,there are  a number of reasons but one thing for sure there is  a lot to write  about.
I guess its nothing about what to write but it starts with self-doubt,the reasons i will fail and a need  to prepare myself more with assurance that i will be ready "later".

The biggest problems i see people having including me that holds us back from achieving  our goals is caused by "thinking too much".When we  stop and play out things on our mind  the pessimist side of us takes over.

The most important thing we can think before doing anything is NOTHING.
I stopped thinking too much about it and decided to act.This is not just about writing but even in life.Someone said  "if an opportunity is presented to you and you don't know how to do it , take it and then later learn how to do it." (not exactly those words but pretty close).
Of course acting more assertively means more mistakes ,the more the mistakes the more the learning and with that comes experience with  which i believe success comes in handy.

Some of the most brilliant people take risks all the time and make tons of mistakes because of it and that is why there are successful.
I decided if i think i will never do something then you know what i have said i will  NOT BLOODY THINK ABOUT IT.
I love writing but my own insecurities stop me from doing it. So afraid of being judged, but you know what how can i learn if i don't let those who  know it correct me?
So feel free to do so.
I Can over think what the reaction will be but it's too late i want to think someone else will be able to  see they are not alone.#justdoit.