ANIKI (BRO)

You jumped into the sky

You wanted to fly

But I wondered why

Coz like every army wife

Or soldiers family

I dreaded that call, that letter

The message saying

Your loved one is K.IA

“He gives and takes away…..”

But I brushed the thought aside

Said your looking at the glass

As half empty instead of half full

We were given life to live it

Without risks we’ve missed it

So I let you grab the bull by the horns

And left it in Gods hands

“He gives and takes away…”

We all wondered if you would lift off

Coz flying is more complicated

Than just flapping your wings

But like a natural you took to the sky

Like a bird of prey

And we all couldn’t wait

To look up and say

That’s our boy

“He gives and takes away…”

Dedicated to the bird in our family

You will forever soar in my heart.

Now we celebrate a life well lived.

By Obarute Peter

http://erisats.blogspot.com

MY FIRST POEM

I am one

Who believes in prose

For I feel that a poem

Is too limiting in its nature

Despite its brilliance

But I have some friends

Who wont let me be

One is short but his mouth is tall

He is one who will even argue

With death when it comes for him

The other is tall but his brains are short

He begun writing poems yesterday

But today if you meet him

He laughs at me saying

“How many poems have you written”

In a mocking, nagging tone

I tried one day

To communicate with them, to reason with them

That they may understand

My love for prose

And feelings towards poetry

But they barked back at me

As if I had stated something abominable

This has forced me

Not out of my will

But sheer fury

To write my first poem

aftermath

why???