Be Good

Mtaname! Why waste time trying to look good? Just be good. How you look means nothing if that's not what you are. Lies are hard to sustain. They peel off like wax when a little heat is applied. They are washed away like polish under hot water. Be good! Not for rewards, not for profit. Be good because you owe it to humanity, to people. Be good to that gogo who used to weed the road to and from school. Your first teacher who taught you to write your name for the first name. Remember her patience when she was holding your hand and helping you shape each letter. Did you ever think you were going to write a verse back then? And yet you made it! Be good! Remember the random guy who showed you the road when you were lost. You couldn't see further than your eyes. Map or compass, you had neither. You had no idea of where you were. The road to looked like the road from - just the same. As you were walking, you noticed nothing familiar. And he pooped up. He held your hand and wiped your blurred eyes. You saw pointers. Eureka!!! Be good. The neighbour who lent you his kid's bike. He'd let his children sacrifice for you what he would have sacrificed for them. A piece of a cake. A couple of sweets. A chocolate bar. Bicycle riding time. A soccer ball. A tennis racket. A baseball bat. He would tell them to share as a precondition for getting more. Be good! At the vegetable market, the seller would give you more than the value of your money. She wasn't doing it for profit but for humanity. She was playing her part in ensuring vegetables are never in short supply. She smiled all the time even when no one visited her stall. So be good too and be a good reader. Be you not him or her. Remember peas in the same pod are not always the same. One is darker, the other is lighter. One is fertile, the other is sterile. One has been burrowed by the weevil whilst the other is still sealed. One has nothing inside whilst the other is full. Pray, Mungu Nisaidie! She taught me right