My eyes are allergic to pain

My eyes are allergic to pain,

I get the same reaction as if am chopping an onion,

Tears flow down my cheeks dry plains,

Leaving a trail that raises opinions.

I tear for my insecure country,

One of my favourite rapper is in search of the Promised Land,

Where death is a myth and people are never hungry,

Where corruption is loathed and never grand.

Embraced death as a statistic lesson,

Embraced negative tribalism that lead to oppression,

Embraced PR and social media is their way of expression,

Embraced human gods becoming our obsession.

The only success is in life lost,

Corruption cost,

Selfie posts,

The kingly tribal ghost.

Condolences form our common speech,

We bury and forget,

Terror thrive in our continuous fear and siege,

Few of us will be jailed if we protest.

After a tragedy #Tag #WeAreOne,

Terrorists’ #Tag #WeHaveWon,

Bereaved families cry #WeAreAlone,

Give them few weeks and its gone.

My eyes are allergic to pain,

I get the same reaction as if am chopping an onion,

Tears flow down my cheeks dry plains,

Leaving a trail that raises opinions,

We shouldn’t settle for this painful union.

BRING BACK THE HUMAN RACE

Every time Death rears its ugly head and another human life is lost, mankind tends to react differently. We mourn, justify, get angry, cheer on and more often than not, are never bothered. The cycle is so numb it’s hard to trace the Human bond when it doesn’t affect us directly.

When taking of human life becomes the ‘norm’ then humanity ceases to exist. Human life is and should be worth much more. It shouldn’t be that simple to end lives or witness Loss of lives and feel so little about it.

Kenya as a Nation has witnessed a worrying spate of loss of life though Terror, post-election violence, Inter clan fighting, traffic accidents, Collapse of buildings, extra judicial killings, famine, disease you name it. So much so the Number of lives lost has become just that, Numbers.

Surprisingly a positive trait is to blame for the numbness that hovers over our Nation like a dark cloud, Resilience. We are such resilient people we get up from any situation and keep on living one day at a time like nothing happened. No questions asked, No drive to push to see things change, No hurt enough to remember when it all happens again, Nothing, just a mare collective shrug ‘ni sawa tu’ .

That needs to change and it will only happen when we start valuing human life. Life should be more than just our Kin, tribesmen, friends, neighbors, candidate of choice, religious followers, social class etc. and gravitate towards any Human being.  

Worrying about a total strangers well-being shouldn’t be such a struggle, it should be the starting point in repairing the Humanity fabric *sic*. Slowly by slowly we will start becoming a human race again, our brother’s keepers. We will cease being strangers, harboring hate between us, hurting one another and all the negativity.

Negative traits and actions can only thrive where Positive traits and actions haven’t seized the moment.

As we mourn as a Nation, Ask questions and Hold each others hands in Unity may the 147 lives lost in the Garissa Terrorist Attack at the very least be the Inspiration in our effort to bring back Humanity.

@jamrockjammie

 

If i die tonight

I’m tired of keeping quiet,

Targeting my people with negativity,

Leaving them hungry, no need to diet,

Death is the only way out, our positivity.

If I die today,

Maybe I don’t last tonight,

This writing I pray,

Free our minds not to give up the fight.

The tribeless makes us tribal,

The rich wants us poor,

The Christians find solace in the bible,

Forgetting the verse that we ought to be doers.

Happy that I have brothers and sisters in this war,

Never relenting and calling it in black and white,

We are the voice of the voiceless and upholders of law,

The reminder that a people united are mighty.

I have witnessed the ‘corrupt’ step aside,

I have also witnessed ‘wadi’ rot inside,

The sycophants say it’s a noble gesture,

The corrupt keep increasing their venture.

The word of God if clear on the last days,

There will be pastor Kanyaris,

Who will do just anything for the pays,

To have a good night time in nyali.

With leaders that are God ‘chosen’,

Yet seems to be corrupt & tribal frozen,

Leading a nation that is psychologically broken,

In servitude our souls were long stolen.

If I still die tonight,

Imma want to keep saying what’s right,

Keep trying to bring some to the light,

Before all is lost by this mashetani vampire bite.

HASHTAG Govt

Just in case I die out of any Al-shabab sport hunting,

Or any tribal fighting,

Let it be known that there is no Government hashtag SAVING,

They only blind us and keep us SLAVING.

Ulinzi unaanza na wewe,

Wizi inaanza na yeye,

Tujilinde sisi WENYEWE,

Ndo watugandamishe hao MAMWEWE.

I live in fear of tomorrow,

This thought gives me unending sorrow,

My life is someone else’s to ‘BORROW,’

Our wildlife are on the ‘red dragons’ BUREAU.

Najilinda kwa maneno,

Wanitafuna kwa meno,

Ukijitetea kwa NENO,

Ukoloni mambo leo.

#Hashtag #Hashtag