Dare put your self in my shoes

“Get off my way you little piece of shit

Free advice, get a job. That is how I made it”

I am so sorry Sir. Sorry for being on your way

I haven’t eaten anything the whole day

Can you spare me some change, please

Just a dollar, I beg of you Sir. Look, I’m on my knees

“I’d rather buy gowns and dress these trees

Than to feed you, stinky f*@k head”

My life ain’t a glass of milk and toast bread

So, dare put your self in my shoes!

They laugh at the scars on my face

Stare at me like I’m from outer space

Sounds of my cry is there favorite song

In the dump site, they say is where I belong

Smiles on their faces, tears in my eyes

Cloud of sorrow replaces hopes in the sky

Not a glass of water, now that my throat is dry

But beautiful flowers on my casket when I die

Sorrow is done, death in on a standby

So, dare put your self in my shoes

Pain, tears, agony, my soul is sore

 I can’t hold the grief anymore

Lost all my strength to win this war

My head on my knees, I hold myself on the floor

Hold my breath and slowly count to four

Creaking sound of the door I ignore

The poison is strong; I’ll soon be no more

Not a sunbath on a white sand shore

So, dare put your self in my shoes!

- Edwin Onyango

Broken Promises

Smiling, looking me in the eyes, she told me,
"I will beautify your sight
I will be the stars in your dark sky
I will make everything feel right
I will wipe your tears when you cry.
I will be the air we breath in our tiny world of
romance
I will play you the sweetest music when you want
to dance
I will show you the blue pearl when you go into
trance
I will make sure nothing goes wrong
I will support you and make you strong.
I will pull you up from the ground
...when you stumble and fall
I will show you the other way round
...when you hit the stone wall.
I will make you warm, be your sun shine in the
cold days
I will be your shed, shelter you from the hot sun
rays
I will be here for you, forever and for always "
"So will I " I told her
Two years later...
She looked me in the eyes and said goodbye
That fateful evening
when the gates of hell were opening
And the door of love was closing
Pain and hatred creeping in
Line between love and hate was so thin
"Honey, why are you leaving me? babe, Why?!
Please don't leave me, :(  otherwise I will die"
She was the one setting us apart
she was drilling a hole through my heart
I watched her walk out the door
I was hurting, crying on the floor
I wrote her a note on the back of a picture we
took on our 1st anniversary,
Please don't leave me, :(  otherwise I will die"
The next thing she saw was my pic in the obituary

- Edwin Onyango

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Cold wind howling
Tall trees whistling
In this lonely, haunted park I sit
Scratch my scars to bleed, I see fit
On the tree trunk, my head I hit
Drink my tears to douse my thirst
Cry for help, from those who came here first…
Oh no! I am having those dreams again
I hear me groan and scream out of pain
My pale skin socked in my own blood
My poor soul drowned in the flood
Flood of my tormented tears
Dripping from my innermost fears
Running I try, but I am too weak
Drooling, moving like an undead freak
Strange voices in my head I hear
“You are dead,” they whisper in my ear
They show me the cradle of my life
In silence, I see it flush away
Torn apart, hurt, I reached for the knife
And sliced my wrist that very day
I saw them cuddle on my own bed
The pain I could not bare
My woman I could not share