Sleeping yesterday,
Had I,
A dream. You and I.
In a planet of our own.
Walked like king and queen.

Pages knelt around us
With laughter in the air.
Our prosperity, a turn away.
Role playing in mirth satiated.

In my dream the sky was clear.
The stars were shining.
The moon was full,
And the air was cool.

In my dreams, the days and nights were safe.
There was no fear of insecurity.
No thoughts of hunger.
And no tears shed because of war

In my dream people lived together,
Like a common community,
Enhancing the goodness of humanity,
And the glory given to us by the Almighty.

In my dreams the birds were singing.
The lions were roaring, elephants resting.
The buffalo’s calves playing and rabbits running.
Without fear of interference by man’s hunting.

Suddenly I woke up to reality.
Where I had to face the evil of the humanity
Wars, hunger, oppression and insecurity
Are daily occurrences and plenty.


People are scared of explosions
Everywhere there is pollution
In the name of civilization
We resulted in cultural erosion.

Expansion and boom of population.
Has led to overcrowding and suffocation
This creates a lot of confusion
And increase the rate of disease infection.

Who is to blame for all this?
I asked myself as I sit
Then I realized the cause of it.
You and I: The humanity.

As I sit and stare at the horizon.
I see you staring back at me.
With eyes so deep and blue
And a face so sad and gloomy.

Why that sad face?
Why that scary stare?
Why all the pain in you?
Why do you despair?

Is it about your present life?
Or about your regrets?
Is it because of the lies?
Or it is all about your image?

You were sincere and lovely
Honest, good, beautiful and worthy
Then you got ambitious and cunning.
And started selling yourself for money

You met john, James and Jeremy.
Paul, Peter, Jacob and many.
With them you slept like an animal.
And left them with regrets and turmoil.

One by one passed away to eternity
And to all funerals you went without shame,
While you knew the death cause is the same
And you are the reason of all what came.

As I sit and stare at you
I remember what is due
Stand and go to do my job
And thanked God for the wisdom I got.

When we sit to feed our satisfied tummies,
Do we sit and ponder?
Think of them?
Those among us
That are emaciated.
Those that their stomachs are flat,
Their mouths dry,
Their skeleton weak.
Those among us that breakfast, lunch and super are just dreams.
When we throw food and let it flow in the drainage.
Do we think?
Think of those who passed away of hunger?
How many of them in ukambani?
How many in marsabit and how many elsewhere?
Are the numbers significant or just statistics?
Are they among us or we consider them as “them”?
So before eating, before throwing away, before wasting.
Why don’t we think of them and act like a responsible society?
But do we?

Who am I?
Some water, some maji and some aqua.
Why the confusion?

O.K. I am water
I cover 71% of the earth they say
But is that it?
Or do I have any significant?

I am made of hydrogen and oxygen.
Everything else is what I gather from the surroundings.
And I support all life forms in one way or the other.
I am water the mighty treasure.

Without me there is no life
Without me there is no health
Without everything is dry
Without me everyone will die

I am given different names
Especially when in plenty
My names depend on my speed
Or sometimes on my properties.

When in channels and moving, they call me a river.
When stationary, they call me a lake.
When in vast amount and salty
I become an ocean.

I am subject to different oppression
They extract all my treasure from ocean.
I am a sink for all waste that’s pollution.
And everything good they take possession.

Oh! Humans why don’t you have mercy on me?
To the river you dispose all your waste
Solid and liquid, degradable, non degrable
Organic and inorganic, regardless of effects.



From the factories, farms residents and institutions.
I am a sink of chemical deposition
P.C.B, D.D.T, P.O.P and chlorines
These are but the few chemicals I am forced to clean.

The dangers of chemicals is great
It kills all life forms I support
They destroy the scenery and habitat
Then I am left lifeless and in disgust.

When they dispose waste in rivers
They flow to lakes and oceans
This leads to global pollution
And plants and animals eradication.

Please I beg you ladies and gentlemen
To conserve me and my environment
This will spare you misery and regret
And the Almighty will bless you in heavens.

Who am I?
Some water, some maji and some aqua.
Why the confusion?

O.K. I am water
I cover 71% of the earth they say
But is that it?
Or do I have any significant?

I am made of hydrogen and oxygen.
Everything else is what I gather from the surroundings.
And I support all life forms in one way or the other.
I am water the mighty treasure.

Without me there is no life
Without me there is no health
Without everything is dry
Without me everyone will die

I am given different names
Especially when in plenty
My names depend on my speed
Or sometimes on my properties.

When in channels and moving, they call me a river.
When stationary, they call me a lake.
When in vast amount and salty
I become an ocean.

I am subject to different oppression
They extract all my treasure from ocean.
I am a sink for all waste that’s pollution.
And everything good they take possession.

Oh! Humans why don’t you have mercy on me?
To the river you dispose all your waste
Solid and liquid, degradable, non degrable
Organic and inorganic, regardless of effects.



From the factories, farms residents and institutions.
I am a sink of chemical deposition
P.C.B, D.D.T, P.O.P and chlorines
These are but the few chemicals I am forced to clean.

The dangers of chemicals is great
It kills all life forms I support
They destroy the scenery and habitat
Then I am left lifeless and in disgust.

When they dispose waste in rivers
They flow to lakes and oceans
This leads to global pollution
And plants and animals eradication.

Please I beg you ladies and gentlemen
To conserve me and my environment
This will spare you misery and regret
And the Almighty will bless you in heavens.