Pauper Love - Straight from the Streets

Ha!

I hear people say, "Mimi sihami Kenya", as for me? Heh, I HAVE to leave a satellite in NAIROBI, cheeiii!!!

So this morning, as I was carefully minding my business (like I always do, hahahaha), I get those knowing public notifications that something interesting is happening at a certain point. Me being, me - sipendi kupitwa, I directed my gaze to the point of interest... So what people were staring at was a man on a wheelchair.

I craned my neck to get context (Context people!! Context. Very important). So, the man on the wheelchair had someone behind him, who had entwined their hands around his neck. I moved closer to see whether this person was a man/ woman and WHY, why was he 'manhandling' the underprivileged in this society? Cheeii people!!! Do you know those words of Isaiah 34:16? Aki I saw these words come to life this morning!

Turns out, it was a woman. Judging from how they behaved, they were presumable lovers. So the man was trying to give this babe a ride on HIS wheelchair!!! The lady had the ENTIRE feminine shebang, the purse, the headgear and the love struck, she had it all! And, for the life in me, I KNEW!!!! I was going to ask her why? Why him (You know the way we ask really old wazungu esp women why they settle down with young men? Yes.) I was GOING to ask. But as I drew closer, I realized that the lady was barefoot. Like, she had never worn shoes walking around these streets of Nairobi. I was humbled. Something about this couple taught me.

As I watched this lady struggle to find the right position to be carried on this wheelchair, as I watched her give up on herself and coyly sitting on the pavement with hands on her eyes feigning tears... As I waited for the man to LEAVE, because you know... that's what some Nairobi men dish out as courtesy, I was SO humbled by how patient the man was with her/ with the whole situation. I was awed by how 'in charge' he seemed... He gave her instructions patiently but in a precision that defies the royalties of this nation. I loved how the woman, even in her destitute state glowed in her femininity and how the masculinity of the man was evident! Cheeii,

Today, I believe!! That NO ONE shall be without a mate, if that IS your heart's desire. And that NO ONE should be treated less thaN excellently by their significant other. No one!