A SPRING IN MY STEPS

By Ochieng' Ogodo

 Journalist-Kenya

There’s a spring in my steps

And a rush of bliss in my heart

A smile on my face, and yes it’s real

Gliding deftly along, just loving it

Rolling quickly and constantly

Onward to some unknown scene

Fingers of light calm and assuring

The parted lips are moist and inviting      

Inviting me somewhere

To new nights, new days, new feelings

Fill me with your hilarious order

Knock my fears into the next century

Will you please?

Set me free, truly unchained 

Between you and me, this is thicker 

And it sticks like glue

It is wispy and dreamy and

the world spins and calls, happily 

For the sun god is dead

And no more lies plucked nose

I can see it, pretty one.

I can see it hiding behind your eyes

The things you don't tell others                  

Because you can’t tell them to others

Take me to the land

Across the great expanse that’s the journey 

Because there’s a spring in my step

A rush of bliss in my heart

A smile on my face, and yes it’s real

Certainly it is, yes it’s real

With calculable mathematical truth

There’s a spring in my steps.