Submissions by peninnah (Lady Peninnah Nganga)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"If we going to survive,we must learn to accept change."Westly.A.Shaw.
WHISPER THROUGH THE WIND
I send a whisper through the wind
to let you know
though thousand suns has drowned into the sea
you still remain the star shinning on my path.
I send a whisper through the wind
to let you know
though many are the suitors i have met and befriend
yours remain the touch engraved in my heart.
Picnic days when flowers bloom
haunted nights when raging waters scream
music festivals and even when birds migrate
you still remain the power whirling my world. ...
to let you know
though thousand suns has drowned into the sea
you still remain the star shinning on my path.
I send a whisper through the wind
to let you know
though many are the suitors i have met and befriend
yours remain the touch engraved in my heart.
Picnic days when flowers bloom
haunted nights when raging waters scream
music festivals and even when birds migrate
you still remain the power whirling my world. ...
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ALWAYS WILL BE LOVING YOU
Every day that passes by
leave me aching for you
Every new page that i turn
get me craving you
Every season
even the other year...
Will find me still loving you
I loved you
I love you
Always have always will
Love you.
Always will be loving you.
I finally figured out this my fate
there will be no replacing you
there can only be one of you in this wide world
only one of me in this lifetime
destined to love you without a reason till the curtains go down
You are my life the life i am meant to live...
leave me aching for you
Every new page that i turn
get me craving you
Every season
even the other year...
Will find me still loving you
I loved you
I love you
Always have always will
Love you.
Always will be loving you.
I finally figured out this my fate
there will be no replacing you
there can only be one of you in this wide world
only one of me in this lifetime
destined to love you without a reason till the curtains go down
You are my life the life i am meant to live...
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no tittle
I can make you change your mind
I can make you see the light
I can make you love this life
I can make you once again feel alright
The essence of life is to live
and with all you got you still asleep
if you don't have that special someone
to share it with
Open your eyes take a risk in my arms
Don't disguise to hurt you I'll hurt me first
Worry not of lies,games and misery
This time i promise you have found miss right.
I would teach you how to fly
I would eternally ride by your side
I...
I can make you see the light
I can make you love this life
I can make you once again feel alright
The essence of life is to live
and with all you got you still asleep
if you don't have that special someone
to share it with
Open your eyes take a risk in my arms
Don't disguise to hurt you I'll hurt me first
Worry not of lies,games and misery
This time i promise you have found miss right.
I would teach you how to fly
I would eternally ride by your side
I...
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YOU STILL ARE A STAR.
Grandma once told me
Baby even in stormy nights when ugly dark clouds cry,Mr Moon is still out there somewhere,still shinning bright.
The reason you cannot see his roar and glow,is because,it is Miss Rain time to pride and so she happen to be more overpowering than his highness.
However,as times goes by,Mr Moon develops resistance to her dripping wetness and start to fight his way out to his anointed position.
His first step is usually shaking off the dank and re-invention into a brand New Moon.With each day,his brilliance start to pick and his first show is as a...
Baby even in stormy nights when ugly dark clouds cry,Mr Moon is still out there somewhere,still shinning bright.
The reason you cannot see his roar and glow,is because,it is Miss Rain time to pride and so she happen to be more overpowering than his highness.
However,as times goes by,Mr Moon develops resistance to her dripping wetness and start to fight his way out to his anointed position.
His first step is usually shaking off the dank and re-invention into a brand New Moon.With each day,his brilliance start to pick and his first show is as a...
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COMMON COLD
Headache inciting temperature rise each min
Nose too red for my chocolate skin
Sore throat souring with every swallow
Chest spasm reverberating with every cough
Oh my Oh my
Fiery fever frying me!
Nose too red for my chocolate skin
Sore throat souring with every swallow
Chest spasm reverberating with every cough
Oh my Oh my
Fiery fever frying me!
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DINNER WITH JESUS
Set two plates side by side
closed her eyes and prayed,
"Jesus i dare you,
If you real
Come over right now,let me see your face.
Light fill the room
still voice answer
"Baby girl you are late
hand over my spoon am already here.
"What is it you need?"
She said,"Tell me why i am so messed up?
You said i do my best,i be blessed
If i love another my joy will be full
So why is it that i never get it right?
I keep falling
Jesus you must have seen how hard i try
still,still i fail
Why is it that am never...
closed her eyes and prayed,
"Jesus i dare you,
If you real
Come over right now,let me see your face.
Light fill the room
still voice answer
"Baby girl you are late
hand over my spoon am already here.
"What is it you need?"
She said,"Tell me why i am so messed up?
You said i do my best,i be blessed
If i love another my joy will be full
So why is it that i never get it right?
I keep falling
Jesus you must have seen how hard i try
still,still i fail
Why is it that am never...
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AM BREAKING OUT
So long now,i awaited you to notice
long sleeves don't fit my fashion and style.
This running nose is not result of flu
My phone is hooked and black is not the color of my eyes.
Am done slicing wrist,hoping you hear silent scream for help done buying piles of hankies,hoping you'll spot flooding tears. Done with disappearing acts,done crying myself to sleep hoping you will see,feel my plea to be freed.
I am breaking out
I'll tell...
long sleeves don't fit my fashion and style.
This running nose is not result of flu
My phone is hooked and black is not the color of my eyes.
Am done slicing wrist,hoping you hear silent scream for help done buying piles of hankies,hoping you'll spot flooding tears. Done with disappearing acts,done crying myself to sleep hoping you will see,feel my plea to be freed.
I am breaking out
I'll tell...
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RELAPSE
Mama used to say,even Knights fall off the chariot once in a while,so if you find yourself crying again for the needle,don't sweat it baby
"Tomorrow you can start all over again."
What she didn't tell me,was what to do if each tomorrow is same as today
.Crying,bleeding,needing,begging for the needle.
I love the sense of purity when am not using and the feel of standing on my own without the supplement.Makes me feel uncrackable,indomitable,impossible to defeat.
.But the craving stroke when i least expected.
I been doing great for the last...
"Tomorrow you can start all over again."
What she didn't tell me,was what to do if each tomorrow is same as today
.Crying,bleeding,needing,begging for the needle.
I love the sense of purity when am not using and the feel of standing on my own without the supplement.Makes me feel uncrackable,indomitable,impossible to defeat.
.But the craving stroke when i least expected.
I been doing great for the last...
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YOU HAVE TO BREATH
The doctor will tell you to keep breathing
whatever you do,breath,breath,breath
Keep on breathing
Because if you hold in the breath for too long
or shut out the breath
the muscles that pump the blood to the heart may collapse
will collapse.
And so will your body.
It is not just a science in medicine
or a mechanism that God called life during creation.
It is more than an equation in mathematics
Or a concept in biology and economics
It is the totality of every system and organism.
You have to breath
it doesn't matter how hard...
whatever you do,breath,breath,breath
Keep on breathing
Because if you hold in the breath for too long
or shut out the breath
the muscles that pump the blood to the heart may collapse
will collapse.
And so will your body.
It is not just a science in medicine
or a mechanism that God called life during creation.
It is more than an equation in mathematics
Or a concept in biology and economics
It is the totality of every system and organism.
You have to breath
it doesn't matter how hard...
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RAIN OH RAIN
When you shut the door without a word baby
what am i supposed to do with me?
When you walk out without an explanation baby
what am i supposed to do with us?
Rain oh rain
i guess its just you and i tonight
Can you help?
Could you help?
Will you please help with this pain?
Rain on me till there nothing left of my breath
rain on me till i cannot feel my being
rain on me till there is no more to my name
rain on me till on ground without a pulse.
Why is he cheating
he said he was happy at home? ...
what am i supposed to do with me?
When you walk out without an explanation baby
what am i supposed to do with us?
Rain oh rain
i guess its just you and i tonight
Can you help?
Could you help?
Will you please help with this pain?
Rain on me till there nothing left of my breath
rain on me till i cannot feel my being
rain on me till there is no more to my name
rain on me till on ground without a pulse.
Why is he cheating
he said he was happy at home? ...
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AIN'T ENOUGH...
Ain't enough sunshine to dry away my tears
ain't enough time to mend the tear
Ain't enough zones to hide from this pain
ain't enough rain to cleanse the stain.
Ain't enough love to hate you
ain't enough either to forgive you
Ain't enough sorry will make it up
ain't enough trust to ever let you try.
Ain't enough words,describe,this humiliation
ain't enough a reason to punish me with such a vice
Ain't enough acts will beget you penance nor justification
ain't enough...
ain't enough time to mend the tear
Ain't enough zones to hide from this pain
ain't enough rain to cleanse the stain.
Ain't enough love to hate you
ain't enough either to forgive you
Ain't enough sorry will make it up
ain't enough trust to ever let you try.
Ain't enough words,describe,this humiliation
ain't enough a reason to punish me with such a vice
Ain't enough acts will beget you penance nor justification
ain't enough...
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RE-INVENTION.
The art of re-invention is difficult,challenging and unsettling
But with all the changes,scratches and uncertainities the cup of life bears
Only a fool and a statue will dare remain same,intact and in-effected by the hands of time.
Goodnight Goodnight Goodnight!!!Hope i get it right this time.
But with all the changes,scratches and uncertainities the cup of life bears
Only a fool and a statue will dare remain same,intact and in-effected by the hands of time.
Goodnight Goodnight Goodnight!!!Hope i get it right this time.
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