Beryl Omolo

Beryl Omolo, a woman of many charms

A teacher of agriculture and biology, with knowledge that warms

Short in stature, but with a heart so big

Plump and round, like a cheerful fig

Her back is flat, shiny and strong

A symbol of her resilience, a tune to her song

A woman of the earth, with her feet on the ground

Guiding her students, with wisdom profound

But beyond her profession, lies a love that is true

Teddy her lover, who holds her heart like glue

For her charming smile, and caring heart

For being the woman, he can never be apart

Beryl and Teddy, a match made in heaven

Two souls in love, a bond that is woven

With Teddy by her side, Beryl’s heart sings

His love, a symphony, that makes her wings

She loves sumptuous dishes, and Teddy in particular

His cooking, a delight, that makes her heart stir

For a good meal, they sit and dine

A moment of love, that is simply divine

Beryl and Teddy, a perfect pair

A love that is strong, and beyond compare

With each other, they conquer the world

A bond that is unbreakable, like a flag unfurled

So here’s to Beryl, a woman so kind

A teacher, a lover, with a heart that shines

With Teddy by her side, her life is complete

A love that is eternal, a bond that’s sweet.

The Bird

There’s a bird that darts our sky every evening

Every time I get it sing I become very happy

To view this bird I swiftly move to our living room and get a papyrus mat which I centrally spread at the epicenter of our home

Then with my back muscles pressing against the reeds I lie gazing at the blue sky

My bird flys past my view with alot of pomp and style as it pierces through the clouds

I watch in awe how it manages to fly so swift and so high then I tell myself that it must be sweet to fly

I would like to fly with this bird to the distant lands someday, it must be nice to fly

The bird fastly disappears behind the hills and this is the last view of my bird

However I know it will pass again tomorrow

11/04/2023

TedsPen

Relevance

We are in the age of information in which many a people try to stand out,

Buzzing crowd cloud different platforms and relevance seek out,Up

The big question is that is this relevance ferociously sought going to leave you looking relevant?

What haven’t we seen these days? we have queer groups with questionable sexual orientation up in arms for acknowledgement

We have parents exposing their children to nudity on social media for payment

We have self proclaimed Christ’s on the the rise who fear dying for the sins of his followers

We have leaders caring for what they can get from the government when the electorates can’t afford even a drop of drinking water.

I ask again what haven’t we seen in this life?

We have seen much and expect more to come.

Knowledge increases so does the curiosity of man

Meanwhile nothing done now is new because at one point in history it had ever occurred

To seek relevance and try something queer is just hurting yourself.

In Love

There’s a girl who sits at the center stage of my attention
She owns a mega share of the seat of civilization on varied matters
Itinerarily God rendezvoused that afternoon our paths crossed

Charming with elegance is she, an embodiment of beauty beams from her phenotype
She is a tall, plump, chocolate African Queen 👑 with a bewitching smile.
She is a rare gem that draws similitude from the berylliums that octagonally layered the foundations of that city four square.

She hails from the hills, yeah the hills from whence the sunrises on us
So every morning I sun myself to capture sufficient vitamin D I thank “Were” for her and the Love that is ours.
Because every small ray of light is a reminder of her rejuvenating, pure and undulterated love.

Apt in her thinking and real in her reasoning is why I dore her
Genuine in her dealings and jealous on me is why I’ll always zealously protect her
Spiritual in faith and diligent in God’s service is why I adore her
For sure saying eternal in this affair is not an understatement.

I bring this to a close and cross my fingers
Longevity of life I pray to see our love cross the boders
Yeah, Beyond the horizons to drink from your well freely and sweetly😉
Allow my wet palms not dirty this slate but stop here with the motto of the US marine, “semper fidelis” to our Love.

Dedicated to Beutiful Beryl

From- Ted’sPen

A Face off with Life

Just hanging in there and watching life transform for the better if not best is the most beautiful thing. It is so eye catching than watching the sun rise or set. The defining decade is marked with change and witnessing your life transform is so much of a mind boggling experience.

The first change happens when one gets out of a school setting. I mean finishing the bare minimum threshold of learning; after this period very important decisions are made one of them being settling in entry level jobs. In a country like ours (Kenya) where getting that job is not a guarantee in the first place, confidence, perseverance and patience is key because you will be “tested”. The tests and trials that you will receive in these fields of employment will determine whether you are going to transition to the next phase of your career or you are going to quit. Therefore, accepting the fact that you are now an adult and can square out things is very important. I’m not here to encourage you to work in a toxic environment, no, but you have to accept that when the demand beats supply then exploitation may at times kick in. During this refining process, you should be vigilant and objective setting how you want to tackle life as it presents itself on daily basis.

The other adulting decision made during this time is that of choosing a life partner. This equally transforms life for better or for worst. Marrying a woman whom you share with common life objectives is the best thing that can happen to you during this defining moment. A call for sobriety and vigilance is therefore very vital when making this key decision.

The last important decision to make is who you are going to network with in your junior years. It is quite underrated but very important because whatever you are going to feed your mind at this time is what it becomes. Objective networking is therefore not an understatement when it comes to setting out in life and achieving your objectives. I speak of objective networking because sometimes one can end up associating with people who are less beneficial to them. For instance an amateur athlete must hang around a championed athlete if they want to reach that coveted feat. If at all they hang around footballers or even kick boxers then their ambition will be a mere dream. Objectively network if you are to be inspired to achieve better results.

I Went this Way

The fact that you can be loved, deeply until you loose yourself in the process had not hit hard this way.

I had been loved by Mama and I knew I was her favorite. She always enjoyed having me around and sending me on errands which I executed diligently. Perhaps that’s why she did have a liking for me.

The love she offered me was so strong that I could not imagine anybody to commensurate their love to hers.

However Solomon in his divine wisdom, looked into the matter before and said that it’s very hard to fathom the way of a maiden with her Master, I was caught up in the same state of Quagmire and after brainstorming I decided to hit the road to see My Love.

It was Nine days past the seventh moon the year 2022. A white Friday so to say because this one couldn’t be a black one.

I settled on a journey towards the South coast to meet the damsel whom my heart had settled on.

The journey was an epic one and adventurous being that I was more of a local tourist.

After a 12 hours tiring journey I arrived at my destination to my dream girl. It was all glorious and beautiful.

Beautiful enough I had satisfied my sight but my conscience had not been cured. The mind remained disturbed, with lots of unanswered questions

Maybe they will be answered someday!

Another Year is Dawning Ted

Another year is dawning Ted!

Dear Father, let it be,

in working or in waiting,

another year with thee;

another year of leaning

upon thy loving breast,

another year of trusting,

of quiet, happy rest.

Another year of mercies,

of faithfulness and grace;

another year of gladness

in the shining of thy face;

another year of progress,

another year of praise,

another year of proving

thy presence all the days.

Another year of service,

of witness for thy love;

another year of training

for holier work above.

Another year is dawning Ted!

Dear Father, let it be

on earth, or else in heaven,

another year for thee.

Shujaa

We choose to celebrate our men and women who out of their way go to put on our faces a smile

Some are little known because their good deeds are done in little villages but their efforts, I acknowledge in style

The best gifts to our country are men and women who consider their interests last and works tirelessly for the nation

Wewe ndio shujaa

Our heroe is that fisherman in who braves the cold to bring a tasty Nile Perch to our tables in the evening

Our heroine is that woman who braves the chilling cold of Kericho just to bring a sweet Kenyan tea to our tables in the morning

Ooooh yes, our shujaas are those politicians who stuck to their manifestos as the template for development delivery and are not coming back with malicious excuses

Ushujaa unaanza hapo ulipo

The men and women whose dissection and prescriptions bring life are our shujaa in these pandemic times, they have made the ultimate sacrifices

I also choose to celebrate the construction workers on our roads, our cities and country have taken a new face because of your sweats and ideas

The business community, our men and women in uniform, and out teachers are amongest the clique that we celebrate this day

Our heroes and heroines are the men and women whom the interest of this lovely country supersedes theirs

It’s a touch of empathy and integrity that counts to be called a Shujaa

The Shujaas of Old and the Shujaas in this these present times have left lifelong footprints that future generations will tread upon as they build a beautiful state

Your part is to strive to be a shujaa whether on site or out of site; just strive to be a good human being to those around you, they feel your ushujaa best

But There Is A God in Heaven

A journey that started as just a mere step comes to an end today.
If there are days that I have felt good about myself is today
To celebrate yourself at times becomes hard but to this day I had no otherwise
So today I decided to celebrate not my graduation but the experience
A flashback into life gave some scenes that almost made me break
But at the same time I saw scenes of mercy never ceasing, yeah those are the scenes that called for my loudest praise.
It is the efforts that my parents put to allow me to school that called the jubilation
The unending love and prayers uttered from trembling lips
The tough times that at times pushed us to the wall leaving us with the only phrase that later become a family slogan, “But there is a God in heaven”
These are the moments that made me jolly this very day.
I looked back and so the way my tutors were back in primary school used to constantly tell me, “Teddy you are a good boy and we believe you’ll go far”
Now it was not until a lecturer of mine reiterated the same words to me this morning, then the mood just changed and I just got so happy
These are the reasons that have made me celebrate this attainment.
I am cognizant of the fact that I am celebrating when everything is against academicians
Our country is on a great economic recession brought by Covid19
And the are no jobs for the fresh graduates exiting the learning
I am also not here to say that I have an opening for myself and I’ll get direct absorption
However, from my end, I believe deserts blossom in their time and at God’s appointed time he will make all my aspirations come to pass.
I know these moments come once in a lifetime and I decide to celebrate this auspicious occasion in style
Much thanks to the Almighty God for the firm grip, I know that with Him I shall go far just like my teachers have timelessly prophesied.
I march out knowing that “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
I also march out having the faith beyond doubt that, “The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom Like the autumn crocus.”
Finally, I march out with full confidence in God because in reviewing my history, having traveled over every step of advance to my present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what the Lord has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as a leader. Therefore, I have nothing to fear for the future, except as I shall forget the way the Lord has led me, and His teaching in my history.

Trust His Lead

The sunday morning this day was quite chilly and warm. I know this sounds quite ridiculous but from the weather man’s side the temperatures dropped as low as approximately 17C eventhough this was not the case for me, I was actually sweating out of anxiety and happiness. I could not imagine that a little village boy born and bred in dingy village that was hardly accessible even by road could travel to the city. This in itself was magic, quite unheard of. In the past I had only been told of the stories of how men in my village made it to Nairobi, which by then was regarded as the haven of opportunities.

Let me not bore you down from the onset with much stories of the of the city because we are getting there, so this Thursday morning of 25th August 2016. My mom prepared me some boild fish which I did eat and thereafter offered from me the prayer for Lameul’s Mother in Proverbs 31:1-7. There were strong advices in that prayer and some of the things there-in I used not to do however, my loving mother knew that as a young man I was not immune to sin and now that I was far away from my parent’s watchful eyes it could only take the hand of God to remain pure. From this fervent prayer I can attest it did miracles in my life.

All rigth back on the road, I took one of the buses from the West side and before sundown, I was right in te middle of the city. Busy as it is I was to wait for an uncle who was to pick me, he came after 30 minutes and we headed to his home. The experience on the first day was all glorious and the skycrappers made me feel the magic. I was so happy because the journey that started from a humble setting was now matching into its glorious face. It was like a river that picks its trajectory from the hills on little courses but when it is joining the sea it is a mighty rushing river. These accolades could i not only give to the numerous tutors who taught me a long the way but most importamt of them all was to God the provider and the giver of life and knowledge. He has moulded me and trained me till this far. Therefore, I really subscribe to James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

Now, my uncle helped me enroll in school and after 5 years I stand again to testify that God have helped me pull off this last face of the basic 8-4-4 system in my country. When I sit down to reflect the decades long journey at times I break in my heart of the hard times, but what kept me moving was the burning urge to change my story. I also had it behind my mind that there was no reward for corwardice neither do quiters win the race. When I come a second time and give my journey a close dissection I feel very happy and thankful for myself and all who trusted in me. It really took the hand of God till this far, I feel the whole of my journey has been a miracle.

Finally, I strongly subscribe to the words of Ellen Gould White who under the illumination of the spirit wrote these words "In reviewing my past history, having traveled over every step of advance to my present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what the Lord has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. I have nothing to fear for the future, except as I shall forget the way the Lord has led me, and His teaching in my past history. "