When they met to dance their pain away
That musky uncontrollable night
Their feet were no longer stiff nor left
The vodka loosened and straightened them,
their tongues, minds and bodies too.
Their heads were no longer bent
Backs were straightened on
The spine wrecking high seats clubs’ have
They were all loose now
When all hell broke loose.
They were all lose now
All hell broke loose.
Oblivious of the piercing cold outside
They warmed their bodies against each other
Engulfed by an unconscious joy of their drunkenness
Their eyes saw the dark night, uncolored with darkness,
Like a kaleidoscope, flickering lights, flinching shapes
Drunken feelings soared in them like a carthasis
They screamed and shouted wildly
All hell had broken loose
When they met that night
Under a dimly lit street, both shaking with fear
Ready to flee, they exchanged the information
And fled to well-lit streets
Evil regime had decided to shoot and bomb innocent kids
On a normal night
Children would play, ran and fall with laughter
Cooling their bodies in the cold night breeze
They would point their fingers upwards shouting, “Fireworks!”
A normal night
A happy night
Oblivious of pain
No agony
But this was not a normal night
All hell had broken loose!
~ Nyerere Njuki

