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postponed laughter

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When I listen to hashed tones of dispair, I count how much life's been fair, Since dawn and dusk is not a guaranteed affair— I wish away any path that wishes I unprepare. Crimson rays rejuvenates my view of morrow, With memories I oft° stayed awake to borrow, Through views of unwanted dreams so narrow, But hope flowed in my bones like living marrow. I'm unwinding what I wound in unforgotten miles— Miles I trudged in agony that devoured smiles, When my tears soaked pages of open files, Watering down dreams engraved in tones of stone piles. Thence, in postponed laughter it tear'd through clouds, And taught my weary soul that hope survives in shrouds. ©Bunguswa™

African Voices

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Three giants. Three voices. One enduring legacy. Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o remind us that literature is not merely written—it is lived, questioned, and used to shape the conscience of a people. Their works continue to inspire my journey with the pen. — Bunguswa Writes