Better Kenya
I long for a Kenya,When the word 'kitu kidogo'will remain foreign.That men and women of integrity,Stand tall and never fall.I long for a Kenya,Where the government officials don’t build huge flats…
R
Ruvella
Author — member since August 2017
Ruth Rotich is a lawyer. She studied at Kabarak University.<br />She loves poetry and has passion and has been writing since she was thirteen years old.<br />She is twenty three years old. <br />She lives in Nairobi,Kenya.
Poems by Ruvella
The Cry Won’t Last
I need an embrace,How I want to see your face,Now I lay there and wait,It is as if he held my fate,On my pillow case,Are tear stains.Marks and scars,But why do I still hear your voice,Among the…
A Free Spirit
She let every boy touch her,From the dawn till dusk,No one seemed to deserve her,They all did loathe and despise,Before she could even realise,The hate was pointed in her eyes.She became…
Specks That Hurt(ma)
Ma,I haven’t written you a piece in a while,I guess that’s why lately I do not find peace in my smile.Ma, you should see the distance my lips reach when I smile,They stretch for miles.I’m out…
Some
Some things are fun the first time you do itNot so much the next.I learnt that from using the very same lines I see every guy to his lady text.I’m like a lady running in a suit,Impractical, not at…
Wars Of The Heart
When I realized that no other man could do what you did to me.Both in the way that you moved me, and the way you moved away.The way my heart now searches for that love.Looking in the greater depth of…
African Mama
She wakes at the crack of dawn,Lighting the fire,As the smoke crawls its way to show for it,Just by the crow of the cockerel,She pounds the wet earth.Mama we are proud of youYes,The food we eat,It is…
African Pride
To be African.What is it to be one? Is it as special, is it as neat?Are these the nations, to which hearts skip a beat?The infamous red? The color of blood shed!The screaming yellow, of the natures…
Hopeful Regrets
She has lived and died,Hoping to put all these aside,All they wanted to do was to move on.The unborn baby being the resultThe heat of the moment took away their innocence,That very day that she gave…
Hero
I speak hero,From all the way up zero,Fighters of our freedom,In our eyes  let us see themTheir vision to change the form of our lives,Their struggle in the wars of battle,Dedan Kimathi,Bildad…
Little Hunie Bee
Come stay with me It being so clear you’ll see Lets travel and be So free from the world Unheard of all life’s uncertainties In the sails of the seaI want us to be all it takes My heart for our sakes…
Love That Never Counts
I admit once you fall in love at first sightThe feeling is so rightWhen you hold on tightIn magnificent lightThat forever you mightBe together all in fair brightTo reach the heavenly heightAnd love…