At the Cross Roads!

The tough mountain of forgiveness
Seems too steep to climb at all to all
Who have been wrongfully hurt
Yet at the peak of such pursuit
Awaits a glorious fragrance of joy
Accompanied by a breeze of freedom
That overwhelms the forgiving heart
To a propitious hope

The bumpy pit of vengeance
Seems so inviting for quick dumping of all
Who have wrongfully hurt us
Yet at the bottom of such pursuit
Awaits a gruesome glare of sorrow
Entwined with a confining bitterness
That consumes the unforgiving heart
To a luckless despair

Newton G Kibiringi 2014

Rise Above The Falls!

Failure and mistakes are part
And parcel of our daily life
Though they times puzzle us
How we deal with them
Is indeed a key component
In choosing how to  complete
The life's jigsaw puzzle

When failure and mistake happen
Times we'll hide this scar piece
Of the jigsaw in fear and self denial
And opt for an incomplete life
Filled with disquiet and dismay
Putting our own destiny and peace
To chains of ignorance by choice

When failure and mistake happen
Times we will in humbleness of heart
And the courage of character
Face the truth and reality head on
Though the experience be so tearful
We gain the piece plus the lessons
And complete the jigsaw in peace

Failure and mistakes are part
And parcel of our daily life
They are life prunes we must accept
Though they often break our core
They always leave us wiser than before
Great wisdom is in the core of the how
We deal with them when us they befall

Newton G Kibiringi 2014

Connected-detcennocsiD

Connected-detcennocsiD

The gorgeous new water tap

had been so well installed

yet from it no man fetched any water

it was not connected to any water source

The costly new smart phone

had been so well charged

yet with it no man communicated

it had no sim card to tap into any network

The new expensive boiler system

Had been perfectly put in place

Yet the house remained freezing cold

Till when it's connected to a power source

The faithful good news of Jesus

Had been thoroughly told

Yet no one had seen their light for

Non had had the Holy Spirit to open their eyes

I long for the connection of the water tap

I await the activation of the sim card

So eager to see the boiler connected to power

I thirst for the filling of the Holy Spirit

Newton G Kibiringi 2013

Pain and Suffering!

Pain and Suffering!

That we truly dread times does strike

Life is full of harrowing storms

In case you come across one

Or if one comes across you

I pray that you will be strong enough

To fly, jump, run or walk over it

But if that be not the case

I still will pray that faith and hope

Will help you go through it or even

To patiently coil round it in endurance

To find the waiting delight across

The dreadful pain and suffering

In case the storm is too hard

Not to live you alive and kicking

I still will pray that it will not

Drown you all together

With the hope on the Eternal

Of the promised life after death

Though pain and suffering overwhelm us

We still must hope on to the very end

For there is hope that shines brighter

 Than our mortally best moment

 And hope that lasts even longer

Than our humanly worst moment

Newton G Kibiringi 2013

Heko Our Freedom Fighters! (Kenya at 50)

Heko Our Freedom Fighters! (Kenya at 50)

We honour you our freedom fighters
For into the dark forest you went in courage 
Inside the deadly forest you fought in bravely 
Yet you never gave up the tormenting challenge 
With all your lives you sought victory
A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

Away from your comforts was a true sacrifice 
Away from your families you paid the price
You won the nation’s freedom back to herself 
With your blood and sweat a liberated nation was born
In such great pain you won the prize of freedom 

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

Colonialism so harrowing an enemy you fought
In much painful struggle you brought it to an end
You were wounded without losing heart
Your blood was shed without killing your passion
Your lives were taken away to purchase the future

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

You never gave up the fight to shape our today
To you our hearts and hats go out in great honour
As we take a sincere bow of appreciation to our heroes

The heroes who gave their all for all Kenyans after all

Their fight and struggle we all so humbly cherish

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

Yet before you many of our faces remain ashamed 
For the many times we've let you down in our ways
The many times we have allowed poverty to reign
The many times we have seen others in the tribal eye
The many times greed we have deliberately failed to slay

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

The many times corruption has been free in our house to stay
The many times our resources we have failed to share

Yet in your legacy and baton our assignment is there to stay
The cry for truth, justice and equality lingers so loud on our ears
We cannot faithfully claim to honour our heroes till we pursue

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters as we celebrate Kenya at 50

© Newton Kibiringi

The Grace Gem!

The Grace Fountain!

The soul thirsts for freedom

The soul thirsts for true love

The soul thirsts for perfection

The evil worldly offers slavery

The evil wildly offers hatred

The evil weirdly offers blemish

Where are the freedom supplies?

Where is the true love reservoir?

Where is the reality of perfection?

The flesh seeks the worldly slavery

The flesh delights in the wildly hatred

The flesh anchors on the weirdly blemish

The grace heavenly offers freedom

The grace gently offers true love

The grace orthodoxy offers perfection

The soul thirsts for freedom

The soul thirsts for true love

The soul thirsts for perfection

© Newton Kibiringi 2013

The Price Shines!

The Price Demands!

Price shines on all 3 sides of the coin

For to love is to be vulnerable

To live true too is not without to risk

There is no gain without pain

To seat back to protect your

Heart because times love breaks

It dries up and becomes a deflated

Unlovable n’ unloving shell abhorred

To dig a hole in fear and worry

To protect your life from life risks

The darkness of despair n’ regrets buries

 Your life in unfruitful frustrations

To run away from the beckon

Of the pain path whose ending is gain

Kisses goodbye even fortune n’ luck

Drowning oneself in the pit of utter lack

Price shines on all 3 sides of the coin

For to love is to be vulnerable

To live true too is not without to risk

 There is no gain without pain

© Newton G Kibiringi 2013