Guka's Ode...................

They say you die twice - once when you stop breathing, and again when the last person who remembers you dies.

On this day, remember someone that you have loved and lost to the other shore, because when you do, they’ll live again. Let them walk and laugh and cry in your mind as they always did. Allow the little jealousies and slights of life to return, because they were never perfect before they left. Smile at the foolishness and daring and naivety and intelligence and love that made you do things together, like swimming in the river or stealing the neighbour’s fruits. That first kiss, that first day on the driver’s seat, that first day in school.

If that person be your dad or mum or grandma or grandpa or sibling, embrace them in your heart as you allow them to roam in your mind. Let them know, somehow, that they were loved.

Tomorrow, go out and do good, selfless things. Visit the bereaved, buy some random beggar kid some chips, help a blind man cross the road. As long as they live, you live too. Some day, like with @Unicorn and that random computer guy, they’ll remember, and you will live again.

In all you do, however, do not be melancholic. Remember too to look at the sky and wonder - why do birds fly, why do rain clouds not fall from the sky when water is so heavy, why does the Kidero grass grow.

It’s a beautiful life, after all! Enjoy the ride.

[SIZE=3]IN MEMORY OF G. AND J., MY CUCU (Transition, June 2002) and GUKA (Transition, November 22, 1988) respectively.

Mama iithayu kwega kuraga.[/SIZE]

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deep

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Yeap guka[ATTACH=full]22518[/ATTACH]

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When a mungiki dies it brings tears of joy in my eyes.

In memory of J,my grandfather,M,my auntie,J my uncle,Muritu…college buddy

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That was uncalled for @Jirani

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I hate remembering the dead. Am of the opinion that it serves no purpose plus it pains the heart. I also don’t like glorifying graves. I would rather plant a tree there than have it cemented/terrazoed.

Once dead, forgotten for life.

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In memory of my mum (tears) rip.

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Aviator, am sorry am starting to think you are a very disturbed person. For a person who claims to be a “prayer warrior” you are fearfully odd…just saying, nothing personal.

si utuue utukule taka taka hii

Why do you say am disturbed?

And the bible doesn’t require us to remember anyone’s death except Jesus’ .

wachana na jirani,chokosh ni chokosh tu

Buy chips chicken and soda for a random beggar or a mentally sick person that’s on my bucket list.

Reminds me of my late mum used to buy lunch for a certain little girl.

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Manki, buying food for a random beggar is on your bucket list?

That list must be veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong, coz that’s something you do without even thinking.

(Reminds me the other day I gave a lady in a wheelchair a K she was so shocked she took me to her sweets stand and told me to pick everything I wanted. Three tropicals did it so I guess we are friends for life)

WARNING: Am a nasty piece of work, but am trying to inspire greatness here people!

Contains some stupid things I have to do.

Sema tu ukweli. Unataka kukamua mtu. FYI, even the physically challenged have feelings.

I was once temporarily disabled, and what I hated most was people pitying me. The few who befriended me are still friends today, 26 yrs later.

Aviator, not quite.

And by the way, what happened to the mbuzi? I would have opened your eyes…