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Lessons From My Daughter

Posted on November 26, 2022 By rayawambui 4 Comments on Lessons From My Daughter
Lessons From My Daughter

…adults, to be kind to themselves, choose disbelief.

Choose not to hear, while children, brave their worst fears.

Poetry

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

with their husbands names,
hidden under their teeth…

Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands

The Patience For Inspiration/ Will You Judge?

Posted on July 28, 2015 By rayawambui 12 Comments on The Patience For Inspiration/ Will You Judge?

. The morality of victim is always called into question. I think my story, can easily be summed up as ‘alijipeleka’

Journaling, Kenyan Mind, Woman in the Two Thousands

In Search Of Womanhood (I)

Posted on July 6, 2015 By rayawambui 2 Comments on In Search Of Womanhood (I)

Ariel was my role model,

If she could become human,

Then I could be a little mermaid.

And true loves kiss could save me from anything!

Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands

Throwing stones

Posted on February 19, 2013 By rayawambui 2 Comments on Throwing stones

      It’s 3:00am, and I can’t get back to sleep. My mind is preoccupied by young faces from yet another FGM Kenya documentary I put myself through yesterday.       It is not a hidden fact, that the age for circumcision is getting younger and younger. Perhaps its in order to combat the increasing awareness of…

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Uncategorized, Woman in the Two Thousands

My Face

Posted on July 23, 2012 By rayawambui No Comments on My Face

My face has mountains and Valleys, lush, life giving terrain. Seeds latent, waiting for rain.   You come to me, speaking in languages that I don’t understand until I feel them. But those are just stories I hear.   First I must be silent inside.   We must slice, from my temple down. On either…

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Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands

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