Amanda Ainengonzi😍

Oh Uganda!

I want to speak of our hope. I want to boast of your beauty. I want to dis-approve their negative stereotype. I want to speak of our sun so bright- Our soils so rich, I want to defend our pearl of Africa’s crown. But- how can I sing such a sweet song in thisContinue reading “Oh Uganda!”

The Saintly and Un-Saintly

A saintly life is only for the sent, Not for the me that cannot lent, Not for the Me that can relent. A saintly life is only for the bright, Not for the Me that fate hasn’t deemed as part of that plight. For a saint; must march straight, love and speak right… He mustn’t stain aContinue reading “The Saintly and Un-Saintly”

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Let me stare in the air.
Let me hope that as the winds of her rejection blow o’er me-Her surfeiting appetite will sicken and so die
Then in peaceful rest I too will so lie.

YOU for ME

Part 2 When the cold is gone- When the open sky becomes as clear as glass. … … … When my goosebumps become a heat rush- When my contrite spirit births a defiance. … … … When whispers cease- When lullabies end. … … … When your fingers grow numb from caressing my ears. AndContinue reading “YOU for ME”

Hear- Wind of Change

Dear Wind of Change
They brutally kill your Sankara spirit As they dance over the corpse of your Lumumba They say your Mandela cannot live without selling us out And your Nkrumah will die because of ill motivated white rumor

All is that is not

Photo by TeePublic Beauty… is Ugly. Ugly… is beauty. Poverty… is wealth. wealth… is poverty. Strength… is weakness. Weakness… is strength. Everything… is nothing. Yet Nothing…is everything. So, what are we craving for?

Why I won’t let my fish go!

I will not let another fish escape from my thread-bear, tattered khaki pant pockets Just to acessorize their sea of deceitful political songs 

My Lioness

She can’t get her to shut up Her screams are excruciating- She bounces her She only kicks the more She braves the dark cold night of the 1997 wet season- But the other only screams the louder Nothing pleases the tinny toddler she holds. Its now right about 5am- She’s been doing this for theContinue reading “My Lioness”

9th March

For we will not arrive without the wealth of her selflessness