Poems from Charles Muchori
Child, I have been around for a long time.
Long enough to comprehend the importance of home.
As the bells in my heart chime,
I remember the...
The early bird chirps at the rising sun.
The street kid holds close his precious tin of glue.
A student hurries to school eager to learn....
Funny, isn't it?
How the more the days pass by, the heavier your essence weighs on my shoulders?
I shut my eyes and see you,
Feel you,...
His shoes’ soles are gone from the incessant walking.
Under the scorching sun he is bathed in sweat.
Armed with numerous certificates,
He...
Long, frightening fingers of darkness stretch.
My eyes I force shut.
My soul it tries to fetch.
The evasive sleep,
Into a dark abyss I slip...