please…
find me my
faded dreams and neutered childhood
restore them to me.

search for my
wide eyed innocence,
my shrinking violet,
and console them.

dig deep for my
buried heart,
and its frantic fancies,
and return it.

look hard for my
clouds of tears
and their storms of sorrows
and blow them past.

part my waters
of relentless pain
and denied chances.

and give me love
please…

©naima mungai 2006