Benson machatha

30/03/2024

For long the desire to say things was unavailable...words of wisdom everporated from my imagination.....the guiding heartbeats went silent... anxiety.from the unknown disappeared...no wishes..no desire to achieve anything...no feelings..no emotion... no inspiration...a time of nothingness.... But to me it was just a time like other times.... sunrise and sunset... moon light and darkness...dusk to dawn...they called it a day.....and seven of them became.a week... weeks turned into months... months turned into years....and the circle continued.... from times immemorial to times unknown...so it has been and so it will be...they called it a life....to everything that has breath...the circle UN asked for.. Will always be....too many words...
The Bills were real so we always got lost trying to pay them...all from the daily needs that always turned into wants each according to everyone's choices....
In those times...some species still Saw goodness in where nothingness was everything...and still brought forward human looking beings... little ones... wanting my care.... and after a birthday gift....and an angel....... destiny was finally in my hands...this one was for keeping....this time was to be remembered..... this one came back with Many words...and it was worth noting down

27/06/2022

Soo.. in the the valley of dry bones..I was woken up by the creatures of the night..all things looked vague...confusion gripped my whole body...I myself looking as dry as bones scattered all over...fear of the unknown causing chills and anxiety soo strong death was my only wish...I kind of locked up my mind to reality...thinking that it was just a dream... for weeks I had been caught up in a dream...a strong wave had swept me away and my brain registered as being dead only to wake up in the valley of the dry bones...
An evening bird was whistling to the songs of joy on the back of a damsel from the mountain...so can the dry bones ever have life again??tears were rolling freely coz deep inside we knew...that it was a matter of time before we ourselves became dry bones.....but then somehow days turned into weeks and into months...and instead of drying up..the dream turned into reality...and in it came survival...faith kept us alive...and even though the cloud is still hanging on us ...there is light at the end of the tunnel....so can the dry bones ever have life??
The story of our lives...we are still breathing...and hope is our only guideline...with wings of dove aiming for rainbow..so as world will see our names written on it...for nothing can bring us down anymore...don't delete this one save it for a time not far away...

23/07/2020

Sometimes love is all I have

A Beautiful Kenya

17/07/2020

Time for inner peace.a carefree attitude.. relaxation mode ...carefully in a beautiful place..at the corner of beloved beach side under a giant boabab tree ... overlooking the precious mangroves as the stream makes it way into the mightiness of the many r that's the Eastern seas... forming a magnificent defense pool such that never has it been overwhelmed or been overpowered by the bigness of the ocean...was it by default the evening sun would be Soo magnificent and beautiful..... how uplifting can creations be.. nature in it's pureness ... happiness a choice of heart ...

16/07/2020

02/06/2020

I packed my bags ready to leave the 'cirry'
I missed the 'woras'
And the tranquility of the Diani beach.
If Diani was a lady I would have walked barefoot to her parents, carrying madafu and coconut just to profess my love for her.
See Diani is like that hot chick from a wealthy family but she doesn't mind a poor soul like me proposing.

The month is October, Nairobi is hot you would think the devil resides here!
But doesn't he really?
Well sometimes our politicians makes me think this guy has head office here. Anyway away from politicians and saitan.
Nairobi is noisy.
Watu wa mtura
Makanga
Kanjo
Hawkers
Wagondi
A full month in Nairobi makes my head hurt so the son of the soil has to recharge just to get the energy.

Mimi huyoooo I call a cab to Wilson .
Dennis picks me up.
He is neatly dressed in a white shirt and a maroon trouser. Limps alittle.
He takes my bag and puts it in the boot.
"Umesema wirson bwana Dickson" he says with heavy Kikuyu accent. I nod.
Am conserving energy. Am too tired of Nairobi.
I recline the seat and relax. I let the gentleman do his job. Uzuri Hana kiherehere. Kuna madere WA Uber wanakubeba ni k**a kameme. Wanaanza na story from wazaliwe mpaka sai wako na watoto wangapi na vile hawapendi 'raira' ama vile 'ohuru' ameharibu mambo🤣

I board at 10:05am
'mobatha' here comes the son of a peasant.
I take one last look at Nairobi and in my mind I spit as far as I could 🤣'segere'
This man made bird leaps into the air and for the next hour or so my mind shuts since I wanna uninstall Nairobbery and install sweet Diani😁❤️
The overhead sound systems wakes me up we will be descending in preparation for landing.
We land safely ..

The hotel had arranged a driver to pick me up.
His good name was Omari
"Bwana Dickson karibu ukunda"
I breath in the hot humid air and my lungs vibrate
You know that feeling?
Like they were singing "Dickson maji ya tumvi utawezana?" And yours truly would answer "kabisa nitawezana" 😁😁😁
Oh happiness
Don't I just love kuzurura. Mungu nipe pesa, nitaitumia inizoee🤣
I get to the hotel
Nikakaribishwa
I almost asked wapi traditional dancers 'yakhe'
Wapige vifijo, nderemo, shangwe na vigelegele Kwa sababu it won't be a normal week for this son of the mountains haha.😂

I check into my room
The view is spectacular. The salt scent is inviting.
I close my eyes and open and look to the horizon and wonder what a big whirlpool bath God has.
Yaani haina mwisho Mashallah.
I take a shower, put my shorts on and head straight to the beach. Nairobi is long forgotten. Who wants to remember kanjo 😁
The hotel offers jet skiing and it had always been my dream to ride this 'nduthi of water' or 'mutoretore of water' as people of Ann waiguru would call it🤣
I meet John who is the lead guy in the sport.
He asks me k**a naogopa maji, ofcourse who isn't scared of 'many' waters ispokua Jesus?
So he assigns this big guy 🙆🏿‍♂️

Now ladies and gentlemen, this nduthi has very small space left if a huge homo sapien sits on it and you know us me don't like kukaribiana or kushikana so yours truly is sitting on a slice of bread while this ninja enjoys all the space all the while talking things I can't hear. Yangu ni kusema Tu eeeeh , ndio, kabisa, kweli, ni muhimu, aiyayaya, wah!🤣🤣🤣
This 'mutoretore' is leaving steam of water behind, it's like it's on diarrhoea 🤣
I tell this ninja to try deep waters
He tops the speed weh
The wind is blowing
My Mexican shirt is flying with the winds, I feel like Pablo Escobar for a moment.
This guy is 'cutting' the water properly with this ski jet
Na haka kakitu kanasonga
The wind speed increase.
Inch by inch I feel am leaving this machine
I try telling this guy and he can't hear a thing and because of my toxic masculinity I cant hold on to him 'NEFA'
Inch by inch my bony a** is sliding.
Out of nowhere I wave lifts the jet ski up
Am thrown uuuuuuuup...
Now this is where seconds turn to minutes
Am on slow mo or something 🤣
I start dreaming already bado sijahit maji
I see the sunrays turn to rainbow 🤣
Yaani I think I so heaven kidogo 😁
I land on the water like a hippo 'paaa'
For a few seconds am still in dream land then I realise am in the water alone in the middle of the ocean and this son of Diani didn't realize am not onboard "santamaria'🙆🏿‍♂️
My mind goes back to the shark movies I have watched and my abdomen sunk
Magoti ikaisha grease
My intestines zikashikana k**a sphageti
Out of nowhere I had something touch my butt.... Now now now ushawahi scream k**a lunatic
Like I screamed
Yaani nduru, ata wamama hawawezi piga hiyo🤣
My adrenaline kicks and I start swimming, am swimming and am not swimming najua hamwelewi but Ile uwoga I had I thought a shark was just behind me ready to devour me. I scream again.
This guys realizes hana mzigo
Like the cargo is screaming in the 'shark' infested waters.
I start regretting why I left nairobi
I ask kanjo for forgiveness for bad mouthing them
Watu mtura poleni
Nairobi is not even noisy
People don't scream like I did. Do they?

This guys comes quickly holds my hand and I dandia this thingy again
Am shaken
I just want food and sleep
I just want to call my mother and tell her I almost so Abraham.
At the shores I seat down and analyse k**a nimetubu dhambi. MTU anaendaga mbinguni bila notice hivo.
I dread big waters but that will never deter the adventurous me from going deep sea again.
I will still venture huko, kikiumana kiumane
Mficha uchi hazai 😂

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