Kaffy Mwangi

Confessions of my Fears .::A short story extract by Kaffy Mwangi from the Story Confessions of my Nyctophobia::.

2013-05-25T13:15:00.001+03:00

Kaffy Mwangi

I would wake up in the middle of the night
and I would gasp for air,
My hands would shake
my whole body was in a fit.
You would hear my heart beat so loud,
loud like a train grinding on its rails.

My shrink said it’s just paranoia,
Just trauma wound itself in the figment of my subconscious.
It would get so bad my parents got me an inhaler,
thought I was asthmatic.
They covered me up in more blankets
said the bad dreams will go away.

I couldn’t breathe at night,
my pupils would dilate,
I was in a fever, hot and sweaty
you could trace my veins to the heart
Yet goose bumps cropped from every follicle.

‘’you know when you are drowning; you actually don’t inhale until you black out.
It’s like no matter how much you are freaking out the instinct not to let any water in is so strong that you won’t open your mouth until you feel your head exploding, and when you do finally let it in, that’s when it stops hurting; it’s not scary anymore ,it is actually peaceful.’’

But not this.
Every night I close my eyes
and the fear….

The fear is worse than drowning,
I don’t hear them break into my house,
I don’t hear them get in

Then blips of light grow,
In the dark they glow,
brighter than dawn.
I can’t move ,I can’t see.
My eyes interrupted from sleep
can’t stand the bright light.

My heart beat is too loud
It gets lost in its own echo,
Everything is a dull sound
I can’t hear a thing
I cant see anything
Just blurred shapes and figures
voices that are not clear
everything had either dimmed or slowed down.

Well,
I’m fine now.
Aside from the not sleeping
the jumpiness,
the constant overwhelming crushing fear
that something terrible is about to happen.

They actually have a term for it.
It’s called hyper vigilance,
It is the persistent feeling
of been under threat.

But every dusk, it’s not just a feeling,
It’s like a panic attack,
like I can’t breathe
like I won’t breathe
like I’m drowning.

My friends say I move in with a friend.
Its not like I will always live with them,
nor like I do not try to have people here for sleep over’s,

Still!

It doesn’t take this fear away,
till I can sleep with the lights switched off
till I can sleep till dawn without waking up
to every squeak and raffle
I will never be better.

I close this doors every night
and it’s like I am locked up in some asylum
with green lights.

always scared,
afraid of the unknown,
always under that persistent threat.

Written Notice

2013-04-15T15:20:00.002+03:00

On more than an instance,

When I’ve been idler than a broken lamp-post -

Time weighing heavily on my hand,

As pen and paper prove closer than a brother:

I have taken written notice of slit eyelids upon a chocolate face,

Accurately chronicled after carefully observing -

Playful fingers twitchily twist a neck pendant,

And spin a plastic band on a wrist’s axis

Hands press down a dress’ length for modesty’s sake

by Kevin Orato (Notes)

The slow-motion, almost rehearsed brush of the brow,

Unsaid appreciation for the Viewer’s attention

How seamlessly well she blends with the surrounding;

Not merely part of the furniture but its mantelpiece

Manipulating without earnest effort, events around her;

Keeping in check any intrusion and mischief.

As if by magic wand, conjuring up occurrences

But like a skilled orchestra conductor, directing tune.

Never really losing her ladylike comportment -

Apart, of course, when acknowledging the Observer.

I draw stealthily behind her while she’s otherwise occupied,

Helplessly tranced here by a distinctive impression upon me.

Trusting, perhaps, that by hovering around unnoticed long enough -

I just may catch whiff or fully understand this aspect;

A special quality causing such mystic absorption -

It results in frenetic reflection of the literary kind;

And the bizarre desire for more than just the written word.

Oh, what a worthwhile passage of idle time.

THE OTHER ONE

2013-04-15T14:51:00.001+03:00

In another time, another life;

All factors constant and considered,

Both parties on the same wavelength,

Scruples dangling uselessly on the window-sill -

And the Other One conveniently inexistent:

I’ll eat from your hand – a tamed beast,

Toe the party line from sheer bliss

Brought about by my prying for misadventure,

Utterly mindless of a dark surprise hanging unseen -

As I hug tightly, the mirage of a storybook finale!

ALAS! It is now!

Everything is as is and appears thought through:-

And the Other One inconveniently exists.

HISIA ZANGU POETRY WORKSHOP

2013-04-14T10:42:00.003+03:00

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The family has reinvented itself for the betterment of art. From this month onwards, we'll only share and discuss poems, short stories, and novella/novel excerpts revolving around one central theme.

This month our theme is LOVE.

LOVE is an aged topic. The age of LOVE is the age of GOD. Yet in our attempt to engender some kind of freshness, we'll be looking for something new, a new twist to the eons-old tale of hearts.

"To love is to live. To fall is to be in pain. To be alone is to be hurt. To be in darkness is to be in light first."

Let's bind our words to emotions. Let's fall in love with ourselves, with others, with the world.

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'FORGOTTEN' REGRETS

2013-04-14T10:02:00.001+03:00

by Poetria Viona Wamuyu

'Forgotten' regrets,
Request denied.
I can't escape these cold facts
That I too share this act.
Reflecting back in time
To that one specific moment or the other,
That I wish didn't happen as it did.

Regret that plagues my mind
Every now and then
Making my me reel with what if.
As if such torture can change
Even a little of the past.
Staring longingly at yester days,
Willing a magic eraser be at hand
So I can rub that specific point clean
And paint a new picture
Hence forever changing the present.

Just a simple wish
From a heart that does get weak
As thoughts of the past
Hold my mind hostage from time to time.
Playing the many different scenarios
Of how things could have happened differently
Then maybe today
I would be reflecting on a satisfied life.

Fact is,
What's past is past.
A chapter in life lived, written and sealed
In days gone by
Only to be recalled in memory,
Not altered in any form.
What else to do other that reconcile with me
That the past is the past.
Today is what matters most.
And so I learn from past mistakes and regrets,
To make today my better,
Tomorrow my best!

No point always looking back
For I plan not to go that way.

Writers Block.

2013-04-12T07:11:00.004+03:00

©Mwangi Njoroge

I have a lot to write,
stories to tell
white lies to sell.
my heart has the
words,
my mind, runs ablaze with images.
Images that can't wait to occupy my notebook

but it’s a conspiracy!
my fingers refuse to write ,

they refuse to relay the message,
I feel them go numb,
feel them go frost bite cold,

they have put down the pen,
misplaced the writing pad.
Its disorganized labor in my house,
I need to write!

To just write, on sidewalks and estate gates.
I want the last graphite to tell my story,
to hold the secrets behind my eyes,
to let free the stream of thoughts,
to let free of the saint and imp making love in my soul.

I need to write!
about classical literature and galaxies,

human folly and fallacies
Unrequited love and secret gardens
writing is my burden

My good friend.

Let’s have a cup of tea,

and welter in these verses,

fall into a trans of words

and keep at bay

our friend procrastination;

before he binds forever our imagination.

Mortal God.

2013-04-06T17:14:00.000+03:00

the stars won’t come out tonight,
God has abandoned his throne,
termites have made bed with his gold,
crows taken Jesus crown.
the reeds now choke the angels;
their bloodshot eyes tell it all,
how the enemy within was but a fruit,
none so different from Leviathans songs.
Sirens now guard the gates to heaven,
gargoyles rove his kennels and granaries,
the holy ones staked on the golden gates;
tonight the trumpets wont blow
tonight the son of man wont return.

Mind Adrift

2013-04-04T12:12:00.000+03:00

Patricia Phoenix Miller
©2011

Heart pounding, breath Quickining
To the memory of your sweet touch
Finding that place of total peace that I have found in you
My sweet ambrosia, how I long to be capsized by you again
How I long to embrace the volcanic eruptions' of your passion again
You have given me such savory delight, that anything else is fruitless
Who or what can compare to the paramount of our love
As I lay here mind adrift to that secret place that we shared
That place where my hidden treasures became a palatable delight to you
That you ate and ate until you we're in a cosmic cream shock
My body paralyze as you searched out my ancient ruins
My senses caught up in a whirlwind of Hypnotic passion

I've lost all grip on my own reality
You have turned my world upside down
Nothing was hidden from you anymore
You conquered and devoured every edifice of my body
There was not an inch of me that you didn't discover and rediscovered

As
I looked at the sweat dripping down your back and saw your muscles
Contouring I struggled to keep my composure
Then...
You came up for air
And said
"Why are you running?"
There is no place to go
You are mine and I am yours...

Proficiently your hand pressed my apple mounds into attention
Your stalwart body washed against my chocolate haven over and over again
As
Moans of moa-nation echoed out of m trembling lips
I saw a twinkle in your eyes
That spoke volumes
You were satisfied with the strategic momentum of your power over me
As not to speak with words
Your touch and vigorous flow of peeks said it all

Your mission tonight was for me to remember
The sublime-ness of this moment
That there is only ONE You!
As I wrapped my mind around what you said

Succulent waves of climatic peeks went through me
Around me as I grabbed a'whole of the silk
Clenching my hand over my mouth

Feeling as if I was going to pass out
Because of the total vibration from your stealth
You gently held my hands and tantalize my senses
With words of
"Always and Forever"
And
"You are the sweetest plum I have ever tasted."
I couldn't help it or maintain any longer,
As my body shudder at the words you spoke
I exploded in a seven-fold way
Cream sage,
Cream chocolate,
Cream tart,
Cream pie,
Cream wine,
Cream de la creme,
Cream chocolate chocolate eclair

As you breathed into me and said those last words
Whenever you feel alone and I am not there
Just let your mind drift back to what we've shared

The love and desire is beyond what we can describe
And
Because of this there is no need to fear
The only thing that separates us sometimes is Space..
But
I am right there in that sweet corner of your mind
Always waiting to take you on a marvelous buddy ride,
Not just today but always n forever
You are mine, and I am yours...

Inked In Flowers

2013-03-28T10:27:00.002+03:00

Intoxicating ink burns my skin
Naked flesh stained artistically
Kissed with tendrils of vines and flowers
Earning there way down my smooth thigh
Delicate and daring now part of me

Inflamed sensuality saunters through my mind
Nestling within visions of your finger tips

Following the lines of the flowers edges
Licking purposefully every inch of my live art
Opening up the petals that enchant you
Willing you in to explore the deep beauty
Evocative nectar tantalizes you further
Raising your expectations into my parted lips
Spilling your storm that swells inside my soul

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2013-03-28T09:46:00.000+03:00

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The Princess & The Doctor.

2013-03-22T10:14:00.001+03:00

©Mwangi Njoroge

…We had been in the bath tub for almost an
hour,
not talking much, just getting lost in our company,
my hands were gripped to her back,
wondering down her curves,

seated between my legs it felt like de ja vu,

like the first time we sneaked out of verbal poetry

into the restroom.

the way she was sat
her head resting on my
chest,
left me in full control
of her bodies geography.
playing with her hair and squeezing softly on her twins

made her body have small tremors,

I run my fingers on her back,

down to her assets and deep

within that divide of her Kamba heritage,
occasionally rubbing inner thighs to her ass.

It was an adventure,
the now innocent
quests of desire had led me to her forbidden city.
bitting her skin,
she loved the pain,
moaned to every bite and lick on her

neck down to her breasts.

my friend, the doctor was getting hard,
I could feel the veins stretch out,

fill up with blood.

He wanted in, but I wouldn’t make it that easy for her,
I felt him press
her back with agility and rudeness of a rodeo bull.
She started rocking slowly,

stroking the doctor with her ass.

I felt her reach for the doctor with her left hand,

She felt on him, squeezed him,

Our eyes met for the first time

as she sat softly on my diamond member.

she had that devilish smile,

biting her lower lip,

as she pushed him in an inch deeper,
you could see her gasp for air,

her bust was pushed out,

smothering my face with her lovely twins.

Her back was arched smoothly,

almost perfect,

down to a haul where her booty rises from her torso.

I clumped on her thick, soapy booty

and helped her sit on him all.

her honey pot welcomed my guy with grips and vices,

the inside heat and muscle spasms made me a little faint,

I held her close to my chest,

my left hand gripping her back,

my fingers reaching for her neck and locks,

my right hand held on her belly

and occasionally moving it to her left thigh

as I helped her bounce off the doctor.

the water foamed and spill over

with every thrust,

she was possessed,

her inner demon was scratching its way out,
she grabbed on to the bath tub and pushed harder,

with every thrust I felt like my being was been sucked away,
she arched her back forward,

threw her head back and forth,

humming ,whining, gasping

and calling out to a God she doesn’t believe in.

I had to stop her a few times

to spare my thighs and back from the ceramic bath tub.

I had lost sense of the water,

I could feel her spasm and cumm.
the doctor was getting to his climax,

I could feel the picana rise like magma,

I was ready to mark the unmaking of me.

She called her honey pot the Princess
and she deserved nothing short of royalty.

Her breathing had muted,
She now held on to me,

She looked like she was receiving Devine intervention.

I felt her nails dig into me ,

deep under my skin,

I felt her tone down to a rhythmical hop and push,
I couldn’t hold it any longer.

She started spasms harder,

it felt like she was going into a seizure.

she was cumming
I was cumming

we were cumming.

its a feeling alien to words

a strange unknown emotion.
She had hit her orgasm
and several mini orgasms followed after.

it was like the smell of earth after a light shower,
I looked into her eyes,
beautiful as the day I first met her

put my fingers on her lips and whispered
‘‘I love you‘‘

SUICIDE IS AN ART.

2013-03-22T10:12:00.000+03:00

©Mwangi Njoroge.

I never believed in life after death,
nor that son of man who rose from the dead,
... I‘ve been a creature of habit,
one dazzled by black and white,never hues of grey,

I‘ve grown fond of this pain,
found beauty in this dark solace,
time can never be perfect for a perfect crime.

so I choose my path off this shallow life,
oceans can‘t roll deeper than my pain,
nor can the sun burn brighter than the darkness within .

this view has been my constant friend
trusted with the secrets I shared in the breeze
as I let go off this rails ;

life wll never be as beautiful as I see it now
in the fear, tears and hope of no more life,
just one more step and I shall fall free off this ledge.

the Infamous origins of COME BABY COME.

2012-08-07T12:29:00.000+03:00

by Mwangi Kaffy on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 11:54am ·

Standing by the edges of a popular cliff,
enjoying the scenery,
busking in the warm beams of the sun,
he thought of his book,
his scribble of reality,
his attempt to remove scales from his countrymen eyes.

Yes,you guessed it right,
that lust men have adorned in their pants,
that fetish women have secretly longed for,
that new toy kids wont just let go off,
that snake that has long preyed on our country,
C.O.R.R.U.P.T.I.O.N

the dust was yet to settle,
and this simpletons hadn't read the prologue of his book,
yet every Odhiambo,Njuguna and Wambui
chipped in their un-patronizing opinions,
Siguna Wa Siguna was now a traitor,a liar,a loose mouth.

empty pot bellied crowds made to the streets,
left their mjengos and vibaruas
to demonstrate...not for the Unga or Sugar
but against a learned,articulate scholar,
poor Siguna Wa Siguna.

Not one had read the book,not a page whatsoever,
the 8$ survival minority in stinky rugs
those of 'tunaomba serikali iingilie'
had made their way to the streets,
ravenous mobs burning his effigy,
burying coffins to symbolize his death.

In another world and time
Siguna Wa Siguna would be a Hero
operas would be performed of him,
state choirs sing of his vehement patriotism,
but noooo - not in this defecating republic of 'wenye-inchi'
where public money is swept away under carpets of computer errors,

Siguna Wa Siguna wrote his political memoir,
Narrated his life in an attempt to record history,
tried to unmask the culture of impunity -
that has bedevilled our country for more than fifty years,

he told his story,
walked his talk,
and that ugly snake of tribalism reared its head
once again.
Siguna Wa Siguna like you and me,
had no enemies, but we are all intensely disliked by our friends.

_______________Kenya my dying Love.

© Mwangi Njoroge.

Human

2012-05-17T15:34:00.002+03:00

I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind

And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could

And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer

You've gotta let me know
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?

"Between Us Now"

2012-05-17T12:39:00.002+03:00

Between us now and here -
   Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
   Life's flushest feather -
Who see the scenes slide past,
The daytimes dimming fast,
Let there be truth at last,
   Even if despair.

So thoroughly and long
   Have you now known me,
So real in faith and strong
   Have I now shown me,
That nothing needs disguise
Further in any wise,
Or asks or justifies
   A guarded tongue.

Face unto face, then, say,
   Eyes mine own meeting,
Is your heart far away,
   Or with mine beating?
When false things are brought low,
And swift things have grown slow,
Feigning like froth shall go,
   Faith be for aye.

Thomas Hardy

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

2012-05-17T12:23:00.001+03:00

"Hope" is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—

And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—

I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me.

Emily Dickinson

"How Great My Grief" (Triolet)

2012-05-17T12:13:00.000+03:00

How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!
- Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?

Thomas Hardy

"I Am Not Yours"

2012-05-17T12:05:00.002+03:00

I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.

Sarah Teasdale

2012-04-14T13:34:00.001+03:00

Forgotten Woman

2012-04-14T13:31:00.001+03:00

She is the forgotten woman
stranded on the sexual sidelines
her demeanour keeps her there
crafted by bitchiness and bullying
it stops her feeling human
the only release is to pleasure herself
dreaming of what it’s like to let go
to feel a writhing, twisting body on top
filling her with passion
passion she longs to reciprocate
if only society would accept her
just for one day
as a living, breathing, horny being
she’d overcome that hurdle of doubt
be able to tell men to fuck her
like every woman should
bring life to her soul
instead of tears to her eyes
she needs to deny acceptance
that this is her design for life
stop masturbating
let the frustration begin to kill her
then snare a man
any man
they’re all easy
and then this tragedy will end
and many more will begin.

a hymn to the virgin

2012-04-14T13:21:00.003+03:00

OF on that is so fayr and bright Velut maris stella, Brighter than the day is light, Parens et puella: Ic crie to the, thou see to me, Levedy, preye thi Sone for me, Tam pia, That ic mote come to thee Maria. Al this world was for-lore Eva peccatrice, Tyl our Lord was y-bore De te genetrice. With ave it went away Thuster nyth and comz the day Salutis; The welle springeth ut of the, Virtutis. Levedy, flour of alle thing, Rose sine spina, Thu bere Jhesu, hevene king, Gratia divina: Of alle thu ber'st the pris, Levedy, quene of paradys Electa: Mayde milde, moder es Effecta.

Expected Kenya Kona Safari Vacation Package Experience:

2012-03-19T11:24:00.000+03:00

Accommodation: Camping
Activities: Game drives,Team&Couple(s) Building Activities,
Destinations: Nairobi,Lake Turkana,Loiyangalani

What you can expect from this 3 day Lake Turkana Festival Safari in Kenya:
Your 3 day safari starts in Nairobi, travels through different sceneries in Kenya, and finishes back in Nairobi. The name Loiyangalani means "a place of many trees" in the native Samburu tongue and is home to the El Molo, an almost extinct community, amongst other communities. Its main industries include fishing and gold panning.

Day 1: Nairobi to Turkana,Loiyangalani, Kenya
Your Lake Turkana Festival safari in Kenya departs at 09:30am, traveling through the Great Rift Valley and the town of Loiyangalani north western Kenya. You arrive at your campsite in the late afternoon. Dinner is included.

Day 2: Turkana,Loiyangalani Kenya
Your day is spent enjoying the first and only Desert Museum in Loiyangalani, which mirrors the Cultures and lifestyles of the eight communities that live in this area,also nearby is the Rock Art Site that portrays the rich Cultural and Natural Heritage of this region. Relax and bask on the shores of the Largest Desert Lake in the world, a few meters from the museum.

Located within a World Heritage Site- Lake Turkana Eco-system, Loiyangani is also located few hours drive from Koobi Fora Museum and archaeological sites, which have put Kenya on the World Map as the Cradle of Mankind.
. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included.

Day 3: Turkana,Loiyangalani Kenya
Today you leave Turkana,Loiyangalani Kenya and travels through the Shaba National Reserves &/ the Mt. Kenya National Park for some excellent game viewing before passing through Embu on your way to Nairobi, where you Lake Turkana,Loiyangalani safari in Kenya ends. Breakfast is included.

Kenya

2011-11-25T15:46:00.001+03:00

so much vile has tarnished
my womb,
so many tears have eroded
the peace of my children,
so much injustice
has crippled the hope
of my loved ones,
so much pain has made
my Kenyans feel orphaned.

I did not give birth
to gluttons and hyenas,
I did not curse my children
with draught and famine,
I did not close my eyes
to their sufferings,
I did not forget to be a parent.

my children are of diverse cultures,
each with blooming smiles
and unique heritage,
they are brothers and sisters
from the same womb,
that’s how I know
they will stand united
when they called to be counted as Kenyans.

they learnt from the demons
that invaded as in 2007
they learnt from the blood spilt,
the lives lost in that aftermath of elections,
just the other day they stood together
to help their brothers & sisters
in the northeastern,
just the other day they found peace at home.

shame be on whoever
stirs evil amongst my children,
curses be on whoever steals from them,
my children are blessed,
they are heroes and heroines
in their own stature,
my children stood together before
and I know they will stand again together
when they are called to be Kenyans .
©™Mwangi Njoroge