Silence Poem by Moses Ocharo

Through swimming' eyes
Amid forlorn sighs
My brain remembers
Clearly, see the dancing embers
So happy, so gay, at play
Upon the thatched houses, this way
That way, I stare in silence.

With sobs I recall
The day, our fall
Not neighbours, not brothers
All join in the dip
Upon rivers of blood slip
I stare in silence.

And then I shudder
Wish to sink deep under
I try not to think
But, the stain, the ink
Stamp 'sin my heart
With me one, apart
I stare in silence.

On valley and hill
I walk, stiffly, still
Lightly I step, unless
I them compress
They are gone
And in alone
I walk in silence.