Sometimes It Hurts
Sometimes it hurtsTo think of the hurt You caused anotherKnowingly or nahIt hits the conscienceThe realization of painThey took inIn your name.Sometimes it hurtsTo experience the hurtYou once caused…
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Mwandah
Author — member since January 2017
Am ambitious. Poetry is an inborn passion n speaks to my heart and from my heart.
Poems by Mwandah
Under The Moonlight
In the crispy moonlight shineHe swore to be mineI thought it was one of those linesCoz man he was damn fine!I looked deep into his eyesNo, I didn’t want him to repeatI knew it was just a moment of…
What If
I'm here todaySuffering,Hurting,Crying,Tears rolling down my visage like a waterfallBut you don't notice!I'm starvingYet You think I am trimming my body to a perfect shapeI am smiling Yet You think I…
What Is Religion?
Religion Does it bind or separate? And what is religion? I grew up with a dainty knowledgeGoing to church every end weekBeing kind and honestAll my years as a child I was taughtBrought up to know…
My Brainless Heart
The heart, A tiny muscle that overworks Does most of what it should notWhat's funany, It breaks and shatters in the process Still... It doesn't give up. My heartHas led me astray most of the time…
My Honey Jar
It all started slowlyHis eyes hungrily staringLike a lion ready to pounceHe rubbed his hands through my hairFelt a shiver at the tip of my toeI wasn't readyBut how can I say noWe were there already.…
Kenya Mama
Kenya Mama, We love youYou gave birth to your 42 childrenYou emphasized on peaceTold us harmony will let us smileWe try but,We have stuck ourselves in a cornerNow we can barely breatheMama we need…
What To Do...
IA lost soulWallowing amidst my streak of confusionIndecisiveness engulfing me wholeWhat can i do?What will I do?I am faced with a situation beyond my yearsI did not plan this, it happenedForces of…
Memoirs
Am screamingSo loud but no one can hearAm cryingMuffled sounds as tears roll down my cheeksAm broken; shatteredThe pain’s intensity won’t let me breatheWhere did I go wrong?Why am I good at…
Undo Me
Untouch meI still feel the touches of your warm hands on my tender skinI don't want to memoir the momentsUnkiss meThe taste of your lips still lingersWeeks after I had a tasteUncaress meThe…
Undo Me
Untouch meI still feel the touches of your warm hands on my tender skinI don't want to memoir the momentsUnkiss meThe taste of your lips still lingersWeeks after I had a tasteUncaress meThe…
Starve Sensation
Steadily I walkIn my high heeled stillettosIn my expensive looking shoesI cat walk into the supermarketStraight to my unga shelfAm startledAlmost falling to the groundThe prices have doubledLeaving…
Are You There Father?
You sent me downWith no sense of directionSaid your word would show me the waySaid I’d talk to you when I praySorry I don’ do it every dayBut dear fatherI hope that’s not the reason am facing tough…
Sorry Is Not Enough
SorryIs all I ever hear from youAm not sure if it’s trueYou give me hurtYou break my heartInto a million pieces, with pleasureYou delight in my pain.Every single dayYou step outside my doorReturn…
Bitter Sweet No Sweat
Am in troubleAm getting over 50 calls dailyThey are not calls from my friends noThey are calls from…here goes again, I can’t pick this painIts from the downtown boutiqueJust loaned it, so chicI’ll…
The Interview
I walk along the busy streets of my cityRunning to get to my interview on timeMy dress so cute3 inches above my kneeMy high heeled stilettos enhancing eleganceAm sure I’ll land this jobI push the…
Tough Choice
Am tornAm torn between two incompatible regionsI must choose one but,How?First I have God n ChristianityI love the church And I always read my bibleGod is my father and I go to Him wheneverThe church…
My Addiction
I see youAnd immediately I become numbNo...actually dumbCan't speak just squeekYou make my blood rush n adrenaline rushThus is just from the sight of youWhen you touch meGoosebumps feel my bodyLike a…
My Loving Husband
All I knowIs that I lie on this bedA bandage on my headThe doctors say it's himHe hit meBut I know it can't beHe loves me too muchHe only gives me a few thrashes on my backOr some slaps across my…
Blind Sight
I close my eyesSo I can see more clearlyShut out all that surrounds meJust think of what makes my heart ticWith my eyes shutI feel your warm breath down my neckAs you hold my body tight next to…
My Precious Flower
I gave you my heartI gave you my allForsaken all around me for youWhat else do you want?You say there’s nothing that would prove my love moreThan my beautiful flowerMy flower is preciousNo one has…
My Little Baby Girl
That dayTwenty years agoYou came into my lifeVery feebleCouldn’t even hold youToo scared I would hurt youPeaceful you looked when I kissed you goodnight.You were my precious little angel.But nowI…
Am Not Your Blood
Every night I cry myself to sleep Fearing for the next day to come A day that will be spent with you in my life But what can I doAm not your blood. I clearly remember, that fateful day I was left…
Oh Mama
Mama,Why do thisYet I love you so?It ain’t fair mamaMama,My father’s wife you areFrom your womb I did not comeBut I still love you mamaMama, Your drum you have made meDaily beatings on my backWith no…