It is now five months since you died. Five months since I saw you in your brown casket, your dark…
In Memory of Jepkemoi. Part 3 “Final Rites”
I wanted to see your final rites, but I missed everything in between the tradition that says women should not…
In memory of Jepkemoi. Part 2. “New Bodies”
Four days after you have died and I am drinking five cups of tea daily, thinking about new bodies. I…
In memory of Jepkemoi. Part 1. “12 hours”
My cousin died on June 17th, 2019. I miss her. These are the things I have written in the almost-5…
oyiindenyu, my spirit
I was born with many words; a restless spirit. I cried often. I screamed. I was angry. I had tantrums.…
everything changes
You woke up on 14th January with the certainty that everything changes. It was an insignificant day in a year…
the end of our prayers
Sometimes we pray with all our might. We beseech the frailty of our words to reach heaven’s throne We quote…
the end of the days
But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the…
i miss your hugs
I miss your hugs wrapping me in the warm folds of your embrace. I miss your prayers asking God to…
i smiled at death
My mother is unfolding the past, poring through photos from our childhood home in Eldoret, dispensing its fragments on our…
