Love was not put in your heart to stay
Love wasn't put in your heart to stay.
Love isn't love till you give it away.
When I first saw you I was afraid to talk to you
When I first talked to you I was afraid...
Procrastination
When life passes you by,
The feeling is slow, unquenched and thirsty for more time,
You are always late, always procrastinating or always making up excuses.
You rarely show up and if you do
You do it in...
The Ultimate Alpha
I am a ferocious being,
A lupine alpha to be precise,
My territory always untouched,
Or a beast shall be set free.
I am no blood thirsty creature,
Nor what people assume of my existence,
My essence is to protect,
A...
What is Beauty?
In this battlefield
I embraced their opinions
Never to question
For I wanted to be noticed
I modified my past
But I had to think of the future
Though it still wasn't enough
So I thought to enlighten my image
I thought...
Friendship
An invisible love is what I call it,
many can't see it,
but its scent so strong in the air,
like a magnet , a strong attraction.
Nothing physical,
but stronger than ever,
face to face not needed,
for the hearts...
Domestic Violence – Fotophreak Magazine Poetry
A Poem on Domestic Violence
He pulls my hair
He beats me up
He slaps my face.
He kicks me on the floor
He threatens killing me
I love him so much,
I fear loosing him
So I don't have the strength
To...
Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya – Stop the Blade!
Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya - Stop the Blade! - Poem by Faith Okioga.
Ambitions, Dreams so bright
Cut! Silenced !
Like a butcher in a slaughter house
Who stares at blood without looking above
Who dares hurt an...
Left On The Table No More – An Opportunity to Turn Our Lives Around
What are you leaving on the table year in - year out? What has your lifestyle and your systems have you leaving on the table? What is it that you know you want but...
Rise African Woman – The Amanda Gorman Inspiration
I am talking to you African woman
Fight for your title and respect you have to earn
So get out of your lonely cave
Fight courageously and be brave
Write that book you've been longing to
Sign that...
KISS ME TONIGHT
Kiss me tender with those plumpy pinky lips
That taste like cherries and melon sweet
Give me that kiss that's steamy yet sophisticated
A kind that frees a soul that has long been baited
I want to drink...