If You Were Coming In The Fall

If you were coming in the fall
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn
As housewives do a fly.

If I could see you in a year
I'd wind the months in balls
And put them into separate drawers
Until their time befalls.

If only centuries delayed
I'd count them on my hand
Subtracting 'till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land

If certain when this life was out
That yours and mine should be
I'd toss life yonder like a rind
And taste eternity.

But now all ignorant of length,
Of times uncertain wing,
It goads me like the goblin bee
That will not state its sting!

by Emily  Dickinson

My society

I like to believe that before the fall of Adam and Eve, life was as sweet as a chocolate muffin. The World we live in is very unforgiving and it gives no excuses for being that harsh. I live in the beautiful City of Nairobi, but today, I cannot see its beauty. The reason being, it is filled with so many vices, that have eroded its beauty from the core.

For example we live in a city where trash is part and parcel of who we are...we are a city that has forgotten basic principles. Right from wrong. These are two things that we as a people need to understand...right is right and wrong is wrong...no two ways about it. I look at the people who live in the slums and i wonder why wrong is always wrong for them and for the guys who live in the up town world, wrong will be right. A very good example is I once saw a man imprisoned for stealing a baby goat. His reasons for oding this would be very honourable, I mean he stole so that he could feed his family. This is a very noble reason for stealing, don't you think? Despite his reasons, he was put behind bars for months because he stole...

On the other side we have these rich men...who steal our taxes, our land and given the chance they would steal your skin because they can... With these guys,once caught, they go scott free and do not even receive a warning... Does this make sense when did wrong become right? I live in fear that the world I live in today will strip me of my morals and I might (God forbid) turn into one of those wicked people. Why cant we live in a society that is just and fair? Why cant the penalty for stealing be equal for everybody?

I can give more examples about the evils about this society, but the thought of doing that makes me sad. Can we be the change that we want to see in our society? I want to be that change...lets stand and be counted as change makers...I will change my society...