Mwanzo (1)

Our days are measured in suns or moons,

Rising and falling o'er the dome of the sky,

A friendship, unexpected, echoes the miles,

A canticle resonates as our chasmal sigh,

Crescendos, hearts read like ancient runes,

Kueleweka. (2)

Calendar pages, like rose pedals, bloom,
Wilt in potpourri balm, and bloom again,
A love, precipitous, overtakes defenses,
Grace imparts, release, and oh, I ascend,
On Spirit breath, ethereal as a plume,
Ukombozi. (3)

 Kenya-called, my muse found me still,
The orange flame rose and fell o'er Africa,
Seeing and being seen, while yet unseen,
Divine, upendo(4) ushers twain in a Basilica,
Both school and church, woven in twill,
Adahi.(5)


Now, a cycle of seasons in the path of Sol,
Promises and pronouncement hearth fire,
Which burns and warms my life and yours,
'Though days may bring woe amid desire,
In faith, Renita, our fellowship is whole.
Milele.(6)

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1. "Beginning" in Swahili

2. "Understood" in Swahili

3. "Deliverance" in Swahili

4. "Love" in Swahili

5. "Covenant" in Swahili

6. "Forever" in Swahili

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