THE UNTOLD MENTAL TALE

Please enjoy my few sober minutes,
Na si ati ju nakuanga ever high,
Ni vile life ilikam nkiwa low ikakam high,
Leo nataka kuwapatia story,
Story yes bado haijakua termed kama history,
But story yangu,
Me mwenye siezi simama nimwite chizi mwenzangu.

Nakumbuka io siku vile life iliturn,
From a hundred i was left with none,
The city askaris took the better part of me,
And robbed what was left of me.

Nlikosa kufikisha pesa ya bond,
Na hapo ndio mm na wao tukagrow bond,
I wish ingekua something priceless ka eurobond,
But this is a bond so bad than that of being conned.

We toured the town at night, 
Siezi jua when tulienda left ama right,
Wenye tulibaki kwa mariamu tulidungwa left, 
Na place unknown naskia tuliget saved.

Nliamka nkaanza kucheka sana,
Nkismile ju ya vitu naona zikikuja,
Vitu nlishangaa sana zimetoka wapi,
Vitu spacious, nlidhani ni aliens.

Nlienda hosi nkaambiwa i was mad,
Na trust me i became mad,
Nkajamia hao mapolisi,
Ju wao tu ndio wanajua chenye walinidunga,
Sasa mitaani me hustroll,
Nakaribia mtu anakimbia karibu aroll,
Im now permanently this way,
Kuna time nakuanga sober uchizi kidogo inasway,
But this life is hard.

I wish i can take revenge,
But that nothing will change, 
Even in this state he still chases me,
And trust me i dont know what he wants with me,
I wish we can talk when sober, 
I ask him for an antidote to make this over,
Coz i miss home,
Home where i left them,
Them whom i rooted for coz they were my stem,
Them that i lived for, 
Them that God blessed us to be four.

I wish i can remember their names,
But if i did no one will believe,
As ill say it smiling, 
Not coz im happy, 
But coz im ailing, 
Im in pain,
Im in misery,
So next time u see me in town, 
Please dont knock me down, 
Hear my voice i might be sober,
Or just pass me by,
Atleast blushily ill tell uu bye. 

By Kelvin Gacheha Maina
(MARQUEEZ 2017)