Trade Winds

They say it comes from the North-East

It comes like crushed ice packed with silica gel

It makes a man in the desert exhale frost

Students in the dormitory forego the siesta thanks to it’s false comfort.

A taste of winter in the tropics

The Antartica extending a handshake to his sister Africa

She trembles while politely entertaining her brother

His presence is cool but extremely dry

She prays for her husband the south-west to return from the sea with his moisture.

Her children are hungry because her brother has consumed her food.

Her husband will return with the rains to nourish his farm

Trade winds!

A handshake from the north

Psuedo judgement

head held high i walk
sniggers from past wrongs, i walk
tears from a broken heart, i walk
side comments , i walk
if the past could be erased, i walk
we all knew her, i walk
nothing good can come out of her, i walk
a dim light, i walk
it gets brighter, i walk
it gets stronger, i walk
it shines on me, i walk
faces covered in shame, i walk
new doors open, i walk
leaving the past behind with all the tears and fears
with all the mistakes and heartbreaks
with a face smudged with tears of joy and hope ........
......i still walk

African House-Wife

African House-Wife

i see the sitcoms
i see the movies
porcelain colored dolls
blue eyed-fairies
red lipped witches
hair soft as linen and as long as the nile
perfectly shaped from not drinking the milk i so cherish
too pretty to be true
they never had to smoke the fish in the roof
they never had to grind with a stone
i washed the cloth
they had the comfort of a tumbling box
my face is spottedfrom the oil i used to make your meal
my hand are calloused from the grinding with a stone
i use the native oil on my lips
it might not taste nice
but when you kissed them you swore to make me your wife
these calloused hands cradle your babies
my hair style not too long
but good enough for my children to feel
my love come back to me
to my heart as warm as a fire on a winter night
she is a cover model
dont you see the emptiness in her soul mirrored from her eyes
come home....to warmth

....Emamoke