Skip to content
Raya Wambui

Raya Wambui

Creativity, recording current history

  • This Big Kenyan Mind
  • Why I Would Not Wear A Mini In Town Journaling
  • Fly Poetry
  • Still Going Poetry
  • Poetry Africa 2014, Raya Wambui feature. Kenyan Mind
  • Night Terrors Kenyan Mind
  • Resist Journaling
  • Njora’s Diani Beach Kenyan Mind

But, That’s Not What They Were Fighting For

Posted on August 25, 2015 By rayawambui 1 Comment on But, That’s Not What They Were Fighting For

The day MaitĂș snuck out,
to slit her ears,
to wear hangi,
I am sure she didn’t envisage
the day, when girls are stripped
on streets.

When she, went back and
undid the deed,
I am sure, she did not see,
live video feeds,
Of legs apart on back seats,
with a voice
calling for a bottle.

There are those of us, who never had the chance
to meet grandmas,
who with their husbands names,
hidden under their teeth,
passed on violently, and loyally
at the hands of oppressors.

This what we have here,
This #Mollis era,
This is not
What they were fighting
for.

Related

Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands Tags:Affirmative Action, Culture, date rape, Daughters, Domestic Violence, FGM, Freedom fighters, freedom of speach, gender based violence, girl child, human rights, Kenya, Nairobi, poetry, prejudice, Rape, statutory rape, the girl child, Women Rights, womens rights

Post navigation

Previous Post: And This, Today, I Swear To Be True.
Next Post: The Letter By The Bed Says. Watch and Read.

Related Posts

  • Me, Beautiful? Poetry
  • Mkokoteni Kenyan Mind
  • My Ditches Have Roads Kenyan Mind
  • Malala 17.10.12 Uncategorized
  • He Chose Kenyan Mind
  • KTN Performance and Interview, Life N Style Artistic Tuesdays. Poetry

Comment (1) on “But, That’s Not What They Were Fighting For”

  1. Lamebrain says:
    September 1, 2015 at 9:39 am

    Brilliant and precise, arousing flow!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Archives

  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • January 2020
  • September 2019
  • June 2019
  • July 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • November 2017
  • July 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • December 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • February 2015
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • November 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012

Categories

  • Journaling
  • Kenyan Mind
  • Malindi Mentions
  • Poetry
  • Short Story
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Woman in the Two Thousands

Recent Posts

  • Then let the star be.
  • Dates
  • Still Going
  • How to heal.
  • Lessons From My Daughter

Recent Comments

  1. kantai on How to heal.
  2. thephenomwillrise on Lessons From My Daughter
  3. rayawambui on Lessons From My Daughter
  4. Yakumiko on Lessons From My Daughter
  5. Valerie Nyanaro on Lessons From My Daughter
  • Mama Uncategorized
  • Throwing stones Uncategorized
  • Poetry Africa 2014, Raya Wambui feature. Kenyan Mind
  • On The Objectification Of Men Journaling
  • Airbrush Poetry
  • On Walls Journaling
  • Mummy Tummy Kenyan Mind
  • Whats happening with Meena? Journaling

Copyright © 2023 Raya Wambui.

Powered by PressBook News Dark theme