My Friend the Wind

About the Book

In this book Ababio and Mutuku paint vivid imageries of life across borders. The poems weave a tapestry of struggle in an attempt to attain what they heard echoed by whispers from a foreign land, as nostalgia of a place left behind is also so strong. WAIT FOR ME IF I FALL BEHIND..pg23 Talk gently to me, talk to me not with rebuke I will crawl toward and not away from you Guide me through my innocence With a helping hand, show me the world I cannot make it alone Lift me when I need a friend And if I fall behind, please wait for me. Ababio...2005. HOME... Pg 72 She thought she heard a voice from the grand ballrooms of home summon her entrance. Hence, from where she came, she returned. Mutuku...2005

About the Author

Ababio. O. Ababio was born and grew up in Kenya. In 1986 he left his native country and moved to attend University in the United States where upon graduation he decided to settle. A chemist by profession, he writes as a hobby and is the author of several poems, including By shoes of Native land (1999) and The Leak In Our House (1999). He is currently working on a narrative “At The Crossroads We Made A Wrong Turning” due in December. He lives in Overland Park, Kansas.