Desire is in my heart
When will I do it without a 'but'
I long to see my dreams come true
I engage myself with books to go through
Maybe some day I will learn
And control the desire if it will burn
Because even the high sky is no limit
I will set my goals right and aim it
My strength, determination and focus shall remain higher,
I will not look down or away when I am called on hire,
Make me go higher my desire, because these dreams you have made me sire,
A companion is what you have been to me,
I can't compare you to Manu's friend Tommy,
Who stays in a kennel when he goes to school,
But you and me together we are cool,
I don't think we can part ways and stay separately,
Because we are companions who treat each other gently,
It's only that you prefer to remain inside,
And none knows you because from them you hide,
I only show you off to just but a few,
Because if the rest knows, at my door they will que,
You are so precious to me because you are the driver of my dreams,
You hold my mechanical balance, to this life you are beams,
Keep burning, keep dancing, like bees buzzing in a cool breeze,
I just want everything to materialize with effective ease,
Never again am I going to remain silent with my desire,
Please, if I do, just light my heart with some fire,
I will run all over spreading it in every part of the earth,
Because if it burns everybody, they wont have to complain of any aftermath,
All they gonna do is endless celebrations because it didn't hurt
This is a story made to strengthen the desire of the heart.
Written By
Wilson Oding
Wilson Oding is a painter, writer and poet born in the floody planes of Kano Settlement scheme in Nyanza Kenya and later moved to Rusinga Island of Lake Victoria. He is an activist who photographs and writes about environmental conservation, education and youth leadership. He got recognized for his radical poem on plastic revolution called 'Wake Earth' in 2021 after the poem featured in the website of the FlipFlopi Project. Wilson attained his bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Media and Communication from Moi University in 2022 where he was an active journalist in the student press, The Third Eye and The Communicator. Upon graduation, he volunteered his services at Kithoka Amani Children's Home as a way of full filling his desire to belong to a family and escape solitude. His femtor (mentor) during this time was Prof. Karambu Ringera who introduced him to a scholarship program that helped him resume his university studies after dropping out for three years. He is passionate about education and is currently weaving communities to co-create and coelevate by radically reimagining transformed systems in education as YxY activist.
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