This is for us

By Karani Kelvin.

This is for us 
Who after years of toil
Our bodies were worthy of the gown
Oh, that precious crown 
Villagers travelled to see
And yet,
After so many years still lost at sea

Nguva ya Mombasa

By t. Michael Mboya

She volleys back jokes
in an ear-caressing lisp
that seeps through
a beauty gap in her teeth. 

Then there is her laughter:
water falls
under which I slough off
and have my mind renewed.