Mwanaume ni Confusion
It’s not easy being a guy in this day and age
On social media, mainstream media, githeri media
Name it
On social media, #MenAreTrash
On mainstream media, #MenAreViolent
On Githeri Media, #MenAreRapists
Mwanaume ni Confusion
I go to church and I hear
Man up and Man Enough
And what I see
Man is up there on a sister (not his)
and topping the food chain
Never having or being enough
Father is only title shared by God
Why are many, then
Fatherless, Godless
Mwanaume ni Confusion
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Toxic Masculinity
Men bashing is a thing
We accept to be bashed
We are called right
We refuse to get bashed
They say see we told you
Man Trashing is a thing
You defend trash
You’re reminded
Your place is the bin
The good thing though
About a trashy place
Is that it can be cleaned up
And healed and restored
This masculinity can be detoxified
Cleansed, healed and made whole again
Masculinity can then be a thing
Of pride, privilege, power
Most of all, of love
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Mr President
The commander in chief
Extremely wealthy and privileged
Tuko pamoja
Until I get home
And I get it
I am on my own
The people’s president
He has fought the good fight
We will write
And gotten everything
A handshake except the prize
The other president
Who tweets for man-y
A warrior in a hostile jungle
Yet
Yet
Yet
Where he dares we will not
He is a lonely one
Remind me again
Why being president
Is a good thing
Urais si raisi
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Fatherhood
Wisely
Patiently
Violently
Angrily
Those are the words he used to describe his father’s authority style
He is wounded before he starts on his journey proper
Fathers cause wounds to their sons
But the greatest of these
Is silence
Until he gets his son or punching bag
I fear for both
Because wounded souls wound humanity
Hurting people hurt others
Is there no hope for our sons?
Silence needs speaking up
Authority needs honor
Even in the presence of pain
Of shame and despair
Sons of fathers and Fathers of sons
Need a reawakening
A new consciousness
Oh dear, is there an app for this?
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God the Father
This God is quite baffling
They say I am created in his image
Yet the image I see is
Jealous. Insecure. Angry. Punisher.
Then God the Son
Heals many
Feeds many
Sweats blood
Crucified at 33
And joins that Father
God the Holy Spirit
Great guy
But he is still a courier
I am told
For God the father
Why then is it difficult to see the love
through the violence, vengeance and vanity
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