……….ME & YOU

……….ME & YOU by Asiimwe sam Ruhindi

I woke up in grief

As I reminisce on words of grandpa

Before crossing the Styx

He used to tell me the world they lived

How beautiful it was

Full of peace and love

Of which is a myth to me now

Everyday walking up to breaking news

Of bombings around the globe

And I ask myself what happened

Where is the beauty he talked of?

Where did it fade to?

A million innocent lives perishing

Every now and then.

Which world will our children

And children after them live in?

Where is the peace we need?

Who will shelter for the homeless?

And feed the starving?

Is it an angel from blue sky?

More guns on street? ...No, not that

It’s you and me to change the world

Make it a better place

A paradise, not hell.

ODE TO MOTHERLAND

ODE TO MOTHERLAND BY ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Cloudburst of bullets

Millions of innocent quenched machetes

Streams of blood drained our land

Acrid sent covered heavens

Vultures and Reynard fed

The world turned a blind eye

The days were filled with ichor

And nights short to the hunted

They said love is the way and answer

But look how they treated us

Made us believers and we

Slew each other furiously

Brushing aside our brotherhood
what was a family became a ruin  

Twenty one years down the road

The light glistered again

In the land of thousand hills

We now remember to keep

Alive memories of genocide

To teach our selves

Our children and

Children after them

Not judge each other by

Their ethnicity, height 

Or shape of nose

We remember not to revenge

But to learn from our history x2

To unite and save our future

A thousand candles are lit

Every year as a sign of peace

We want to pass on to

Our children and generation after them

We walk in same rhyme

ND'UMUNYARWANDA X3

We bind together saying never again

To genocide against humanity

Never and never again

YOU LOVED ME

YOU LOVED ME        BY ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Storm over my soul
Thunder and quake in my heart
Fear in my vein
But am not shaken
Because you loved me

In absence of parents
You cared for me
In absence of friends
you were the best friend
It's because you loved me

You wiped off my tears
Fixed my broken heart
Drew off my worries
Healed my wounds
Because you loved me

You're my crying shoulder
My resting place always
Source of my joy ever
You make my life meaningful
Because you loved me

My people have obulated my soul
To wicca for richness
But you,you gave out your son
To rescue my life
Because you loved me

PATRIARCH

PATRIARCH  by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Here your lying in crypt

PATRIARCH your always in our hearts
Ruhindi family.

so silent like old rock
flowers are smiling at your life
why did you cross the styx?
leaving me alone in this furious world
would you get up and talk to me
Did you love me?
If you loved me then 
Why go with matriarch
Tributaries of tears run
in our hearts always
Yawning to see you again
Vesta became my matriarch
and brother my patriarch
It's hard to bear this 
feeling when it's hard
to believe your absence
your people oblated us
To wicca for richness
would you wake up
and hold me closely
telling me everything is okey?
Oh patriarch patriarch.

SMILE

SMILE by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

My lighting system

My every day outfit

The scent i wear always

Makes my life brighter

Makes me fresh ever

Takes away my grief

Rubs off my weary

My day to day language

To young and old

Makes me look younger

Looking winsome

My weapon in hard times

Smile you’re my companion

AT THE FUNERAL

AT THE FUNERAL

by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

Its dawn the morning cock is alarming
The whole land is quite and cold
Everyone is grieved and crying a river
In soft voices saying he was a good person
Slow and touching melody playing behind
Words of compassion to family of the deceased
Words like I will be there for you
This at times ends with the ceremony
It’s the time when good speeches are said
Covering your worst part of life
As they lay fine decorated wreath on you
The priest will bless your soul
As they move you down the cemetery
Where the priest will say to soil goes back soil
As they low down your casket in 6by 6 hole
In white tiles with a cross crying for the last
It’s the time they will bow down for you
Respecting the work of your hands
Saying goodbye and they will miss you
Oh yeah it’s at the funeral

WHO WILL SAVE THE WORLD?

WHO WILL SAVE THE WORLD?

by ASIIMWE SAM RUHINDI

As I walk down beautiful

Streets of Kigali in a warm

Dawn song birds are singing

It’s a safe state for me

But I draw thoughts, thoughts

On the other world am so

Fascinated by the past

And the t present world

It’s so wild and violent

Million lives perish day to day

Still young and innocent ooh!!

Avarice of natural endurements

Being the catalyst of the scenario

A strong question runs my mind

Who will save the world??

Is it an alien or an Angel?

No it’s me and you, you

Love and unity being

Our rhyme always

To make the world our home

Areal paradise not ruin

The world is you and me.