What’s the size of the heart to hold grudges,
To hold badges of hate for a brother and to love gadgets that go for a shilling or two?
I used to name all provinces with bliss, i used to love the atlas more than the logarithm table
Tell the HR i did geography, i used threads to define maps,
Remind him to stop looking at my second name and tribe, my tribe is Kenya
What’s the size of a heart of a government that wants to play reggae for citizens who need the gospel of justice?
What’s the size of the heart if it still hosts the veins that blind the eye not to see pain as pain?
What’s the size of the heart if it’s smaller than a bullet?
Maybe the militants in Israel have empty chests,
Here a child is induced to eat teargas before getting to suck breasts full of domestic violence
Here we are induced to fight, a youth is paid to attend rallies and is forced to learn that stones cannot stop bullets
Here we are forced to play with ballot boxes because soccer is not a job opportunity and rugby is for physical fitness
Here we are taught to write, yes cv’s and job application letters to HR’s who look at our second names and where we come from
What truly is the size of the heart?
What the size of the heart that sells a vote for a price of a loaf of bread
If bursaries are sold for thousands?
What’s the size of the heart of a police officer na shati imeandikwa utumishi kwa wote lakini ataitisha chai ata jua ikiwa kali?
What’s the size of a heart of a driver who drinks to drive not knowing he is about to eat innocent lives?
What’s the size of the heart that encounters heartbreaks if miss Stella variety still exists today?
What’s the size of the heart that says am sorry?
What’s the size of the heart that says i’ll try again tomorrow even with today’s failure
What’s the size of the heart that composes poems every
Thank you
By James Musau
