A Jailbird, A Cabinet Minister, A Biker & An Engineer

This is not a joke. Rather, the life story of a Woman I have observed for years. A friend, a mentor, a wonderful woman of God. She is elderly now and her life is ebbing away. As I sat by her bedside, I couldn't help but remember the men who had come by her life...yet only one remained by her side. He truly was the last....and truly was the best. Not just the best of them all...but a man of honour, valour, great dignity and character. A man any woman would want to have as her husband.


As I thought about her....the men in her past seem to pass me by...as if in a parade.


THE JAIL BIRD


Ex-prisoner and Rapist. He raped her and stole her innocence. Enough said


THE CABINET MINISTER


Back then, he was a businessman who was just starting off. You could see the signs of success. He was very social. So social that he had a string of girl friends from here to Timbuktu.


THE STUDENT


Campus student so bright....so loving...so devoted...so young. She wanted a more mature man and failed to see the love in his eyes.


THE BIKER


Bad bad boy! Hot Bike...hot body....hot everything!


MR HANDSOME


Extremely good looking....amazing personality...good character...A CHARMER. She fell...and fell hard. He soon married someone else.


THE FRIEND


...turned lover. Turned Enemy


THE PARTY ANIMAL


..Who soon lost all his money.


THE LAWYER


Stole her heart and took off with it in a jiffy. So typical of Lawyers.


THE ENGINEER


Gentle, pious, a gentleman....a dog!


THE BIKER...again.


JOHNY-COME-LATELY


Insecure..is all he was.


THE MANAGER


He too raped her. 


THE UNMENTIONABLES


Here in lies 3 or 4 who deserved no mention, for they were just fleeting, unmemorable moments.


THE RHODES SCHOLAR


Intelligent and had his life figured out and all his "i's" dotted. Unfortunately, she hadnt' figured herself out yet and off he went!


THE GENTLEMAN


Oh...what a loss!


THE OLDER MAN


He loved her....and loved her to bits. She failed to see it.


THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR


He adored her. She failed to see it too.


THE CRUEL


He broke her heart ruthlessly.


THE ALMOST


He almost made her happy but not quite


THE ONE


He was standing at her bedside right now. As I gazed at him, I wondered where had been all those years when she struggled and made oh so many mistakes. He knew everything...yet judged her not. He came to her life to love her, accept her, lift her up, carry her when he needed to, loved her some more, honoured her with his all, loved their children to bits, was everything she wanted and some more. He wasn't perfect and had messed up in the past too. But he had finally recognised she was his...made for him....he had kept her by his side...never letting go....never looking at another....never leaving...never failing. And as she passed on right before our eyes....he never removed his eyes from hers....he never stopped loving her...even in death. He honoured her fully. It was enough......

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  1. Herispeak21 June 2012 at 02:49

    From a writer's perspective....I TOTALLY LOVE THIS ONE!

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  2. Kivuti Kamau21 June 2012 at 03:06

    the one nailed it. the other were a journey to finding this one that in his heart had known that this one i will be with, till death. He knew of her journey i guess but was caught up in his, the sweetest thing is that he saw her to the end.

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