Ngetich Kiptoo

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The medicine woman,
She told me to lift my left thumb
Then she laughed
Looked me over
...

I took a walk around the country
I saw many things;
kids full of songs, life, energy
youths drained of energy
...

The lump in my throat
Has refused to go away.
It wakes me up in the morning
Reminds me am still alive.
...

I have no words, only fears
Lots of them
Pressed in, overflowing
...

When I die, she told me
I would like to lie surrounded
By pious and loved souls
...

6.

The ocean whines,
In hunger, in anger
It wants more
All rivers are running dry
...

7.

I’m on a pendulum, swinging
I’m white, then black, but now am grey
I know you, I don’t know you
I am with you, lonely
...

Who knows what I feel but me
I laugh, dryly
To veil the angst beneath
I know the feeling
...

If you knew your last day
Where would you spend it?
Would it be at the beach- breezing?
Or at the park, meditating
...

I am lying alone, thinking
Sleep as usual has rebelled
Refusing to do what it ought
...

11.

It’s sunset
Am on the beach barefoot
The sky’s rich, brilliant and varied
Like you
...

Am I in love?
Tell me
Are you the one making me sick?
Am I in love or not
...

He kept glancing at the phone
He wanted it to vibrate
He always put the phone in silent mode
He hated the squeaky ring tones
...

14.

What is life but an empty shell
What is life but a hollow emptiness
We walk around in gold
Ours ears glittering in pearls
...

I know that the first love
It is the deepest
It is the finest
Is the essence of life
...

Why are doing this to me?
I see you everywhere
I feel you in everything I do
Why are you torturing me?
...

17.

Your beauty and fragrance inspires me,
Your complication intrigues me,
Sometimes you are natural and perpetual;
At others you are hybrid and delightful
...

My class of five
Is driving me nuts
I went to class this morning
To teach them action verbs
...

I don’t want to see the sea,
To have its cool breeze graze my tormented soul

I hate the laughter at the beach,
...

Let me sing to you
my dear African brothers and sisters
my brothers and sisters now on dhows and dinghies
or whatever vessel you use
...

Ngetich Kiptoo Biography

Ngetich Kiptoo was born on 15th August 1981 in Nakuru, Kenya. From an early age he had a big interest in books of all kind. Inevitably he studied Literature and English when he went to Moi University and is now teaching English and Literature in Mombasa, Kenya.)

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The medicine woman,
She told me to lift my left thumb
Then she laughed
Looked me over
Shook her head
‘One woman, ’ she said
As a matter of fact
I shook my head
Then laughed
Then thought of you
And wondered
If that one woman was you

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