Le Nuit

If the night had a name,
What would it be?
Le nuit, usiku, darkness...?
She sneaks in as the sun sets and rises in another land
The silence of the night speaks for itself,
The sound of my radio or the sound of the creatures in the night,
Crickets making that signature sound that you will never miss,
That owl that masks the night with a sound that says night is here,
The skies are laced with stars unshy to show themselves and the moon in her grace with her light to magnify the night and display it to all
If I looked into the night I would not see much but much happens at night
My heart beats and I breathe,
My dreams come alive and I am still awake,
My mind runs with the scenic night, wild and free to stray,
For there is no boundary to be,
I am in my covers and a child cries that wakes a mother to be with her child
The car screeches and you know someone is not being careful on the road
A horn goes off and that’s the neighbor that comes home late after a late night in the office (or God knows where…)
Gun shots in the air and that is the raging battle between the police and that person who made the error of getting caught and losing his life
Drops of water falling on the ground; remnants of the rain in the late evening
Wind and leaves command the night when they dance together and do that thing that can wake you when a dog sneaks onto your property and rattles the leaves
Music, lights, action, dance, the air can only be filled with party mood in the clubs and the clinging glasses cheering on the winning team (UNITED lol)
Candles and food and a ring, a romantic asking to grow old with another and share in the joy of life
A nurse and a doctor struggle to save a life of that person that crossed the road and forgot to look left
That kitchen on Moi Avenue busy cooking up that greasy chicken and fries that is picked up by the bachelors and bachelorettes too tired and hungry to cook a meal after clubbing
Night oh night
Such life; such life
But then creeps in the sun and her rays piercing through the skies and the night ends her reign then
I say day and night are but light and dark
That which is in the dark is also in the day but just not seen or heard by all
Written by Elsie Wandera


The day eavesdropped on the conversation between the night n darkness,...pleaded with the morning to bring us sunlight ~Edu Gitau