linus kirwa

They say literature is the mirror of society.

Perhaps kids are.

I developed this fondness of watching kids play,

And fight and talk and scream out madness,

And in their madness,

I saw the society.

I have been watching them play.

And dance to the silent, wheezing songs of the wind,

And waltz in the rain as the rain pours out on them.

Thunder cheering and lightning taking snapshots.

And in their play,

Have watched those who rule and lead and dictate,

And among them, some were crueler than they knew.

Those who follow and are followed,

And those who let justice slip through their fingernails,

Dripping onto the soil like the honey pouring its sweetness to nothingness.

And those who pursue justice only to have it done against them.

Kids are just kids.

And they are doing what they feel like they should be doing.

And they live a life assigning themselves responsibilities that are not.

And they know not what is going on in society,

Yet they play it well.

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