I KNOW MY DREAM SHALL COME TRUE!-By Lydia Ireri

I had a dream last night,
That the inscriptions of our wedding invitation card read,
'Muthoni weds Otieno'
And the feeling was breath-taking!
Walking down the aisle,
With the Love of my life,
Otieno,
On our wedding day!

My great grandpa Kenyatta,
Sent me off ceremoniously,
While my lord's great grandpa Oginga,
Welcomed me home in a bull's slaughter,
More than a queen, I say,
On our wedding day!

Grandpa Oginga said my beauty is more than a galaxy,
The gap on my upper jaw was irresistible,
He called me Jaber,
Our daughter,
On our wedding day!

My father was proud of me,
The daughter of the land Africa, he called me,
He said I kept the commandments,
More than the Israelists,
On our wedding day!

Mukimo stewed with fish yawa!
Ugali stewed with njahi ndakwira!
Dug a well of saliva to our people,
On our wedding day!

Merged the bride's and groom's tents,
For all of us are one people!
We called each other,
'Our people'
Daughters and sons of Africa,
On our wedding day!

Our honeymoon begun at Kericho,
And the people welcomed us selflessly,
We went down to the lake-side,
And the joy was immeasurable,
At Mt.Kenya we laid our heads down,
And they all labeled us Twana twitu,
Our journey posed at the land of novaa,
And we were loved by all,
From the beautiful land of our people,
Kenya!
Live long.