Go On And Kiss Other Lips


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Go On And Kiss Other Lips

By Rapando

Wed 01 Feb, 2017 01:33:04 EAT
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Go On And Kiss Other Lips

She looks at all those letters,
once perfumed but now
all they carry are sweet memories,
punctuated by heart breaks when he kisses other lips,
when he claims she is beautiful but never takes her out,
yet, she is happy with herself,
why be a burden to her husband
when other girls out there are happy to fly away with his cash?
he never buys food anyway,
she has learnt to tolerate half a man for a husband in her life.

When she ran from her mother's grip all she saw was salvation,
She couldn't afford to lose her key to heaven,
especially when it was scented with well chosen words,
ironed suits and subtle chuckles-
He was God-sent and she feared losing her angel with a long wait,
she rushed into a trap
and down into a pit of misery she fell,
too deep she couldn't see her feet,
and now she is stuck in mud and fears breaking a limb with an escape.

Decades later, she is now his rag, a punching bag,
A tool to the man who sees her as a desperate escapee,
Her once proud breasts that led the way now face her feet,
her once smooth flanks now house folds over stretch marks,
She is no longer his beauty queen,
and it seems all that drew him to her was her graceful walk,
Her once round eyes that captured him in bed
now gaze at the gate each night,
hoping he comes back will all limbs,
she is now a prisoner in a cell she built with her own hands.

She now lets him go on and kiss other lips
with the same mouth he bites her with,
No longer bites of passion but marks of pain and ownership,
She wishes she had a son to make him proud of her,
But her seven daughters give her the sole solace of a brighter future,
and her fried fish in the open market give her a confidence of their education,
She teaches them daily,
and hopes they won't fail and earn an imprisonment as she.

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  • Eunice Atieno
    I am inlove with your poems you gat the talent
    373 wk ago
  • Valentine
    This is what happens to some of us..this us real.you are so talented Sammy..I told you am jealous of your talent..buh am almost there..a nice piece dear
    373 wk ago
  • Faith Neisy
    Wonderful hands!!
    373 wk ago
  • Dottie
    Great poem Sam
    373 wk ago
  • Minati
    Superb!
    373 wk ago
  • Maria Roza
    You couldn't have said it better.. I will think twice before I build my own prison. Thank you.
    373 wk ago
  • Leah
    A message to think about!
    373 wk ago
  • Fidel
    Woow what a piece ..and yes iam human
    373 wk ago
  • Rapando Jnr
    Thanks guys
    373 wk ago
  • Edward
    Like the piece.talk of a humourous descriptive language "......her once proud breasts that led the way...." Next time let them be staut
    372 wk ago
  • Edward
    Like the piece.talk of a humourous descriptive language "......her once proud breasts that led the way...." Next time let them be staut
    372 wk ago
  • Winnie Esther Mosongo
    Amazing piece... very flowy
    372 wk ago
  • Cynide
    Well put... I like how you weave them wo rds bringing them into life
    372 wk ago
  • Vero
    Wow.. I actually shed a tear. Thats deep... I hope a woman somewhere can learn from this. Paap np.
    370 wk ago

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