Monday, December 8, 2008

Too far from home

Ironic isn't it?! Why you ask? Here's why, I'm smack dab right back to where most of it began but I couldn't be further if I was catapulted flailing and screaming to the planet formerly known as pluto (Or rather the pluto formerly known as planet!)

I took a walk today. A walk down a dusty road that I have walked down more times than I can remember. A dusty village road that practically raised me.

Past the brook that I fished for tadpoles in - It has dried up
Past the kiosk where I used to buy koo and patco - All it sells now are shrivelled sukumas and tomatoes
Past the church whose name was too long to fit on it's mabati structure - It's now a school
Past the kinyozi which my brother went to religiously every sunday morning - It's now a butchery
Past the butchery where I got delicious mutura every evening on my way home - It is now a photo studio
Past my best friends house where many memories abound - She is halfway across the world
Past me an old lover drove - He didnt recognise me, and I didn't even bother to wave

How can a path so familiar be fraught with so much unfamiliarity?!!

Soundtrack:
Too far from home - Eric Wainaina
Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield
Step by Step - Urban Knights

Bookshelve:
Ake - Wole soyinka (An autobiography)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome back. With time, the unfamiliar will become familiar I hope.

Anonymous said...

welcome bak!

so ur into afrofusion... av always thot am alone in the afro-modern- urbsn kenya.. and on that,

'Sauti Sol' r launching their album this coming Friday,

sample their music at http://myspace.com/sautisol

Cante said...

Welcome back, uno! I don't know what it means but it has a nice ring to it!

S said...

Not too late to say karibu, is it no?

Loco said...

@ Pink M
It's all familiar again now, YAY!!!

@ Ujo
I really wanted to go for the sauti sol lauch but unfortunately I was
out of town, how was it, I hear they are really good. Any other recommendations?

@Cante
Hehe, I'll let you in on what it means..... immediately I find out myself!

@Sibbie
Not as late as my replies!! LOL! Thanks, nimekaribika!