Photo: L-R: Geoffrey Mukasa Mukwaya, Samwiri Mwesezi Kigongo, George W. Semivule, Maria Shalita, Charles Mukasa, Muniini K. Mulera
Memories Linger
You're feeling down and out
Because of life’s exertions
Receive this timeless music
From me to you my friend.
Takes me to a place so special
Of beauty and peace untroubled
With memories of dear ones lost
In their dreamless sleep eternal.
Restores my strength anew
My breath just comes with ease
Lights up my soul so bright
And banishes all the darkness.
Rwaboona and Mbareeba
Kwizera and Kanyandeku
Boys with whom we dared
To join a place beyond us.
Maria, and Gida
Willis, and Lena
Bbuye, and Bhima
The memories linger.
Sekkadde, and Arthur
Kigongo, and Katende
Sekanwagi, Bakibinga
Blessed lot we are.
Njuki, and Kwame
Mukanga, and Lumu
Semivule, and Mukasa
Bright, among the best.
Semazzi, and Kawesa
Kalema, and Bikangaga
Sevume, and Sarah
Sound of the Nightingales.
Akera and Mukwaya
Otunnu and Mangheni
Mwesigye and Kibirige
Bright beyond description.
Jealea, blessed friend
Nalwanga, gentle soul
Bukwirwa, a saint for sure
My brotherly love to you.
To list you all we can’t
Remember you we do
The bonds are strong and true
Of dreams and ventures shared.
Together, we remember
Our teachers and our mentors
Blessed to have amidst us
The best among them still.
That walk beyond the spur
Sweet breeze from Lake Nnalubaale
Senses caressed and nourished
The mind relieved of clutter.
Dennis Chisholm the star
His music and rig amazing
Mustard seed of an audiophile
Fruits bearing still.
Guy Rob with regal bearing
Kindness his natural state
We’re safe because he cared
We lived and learnt with ease.
Great times we had at Budo
In class and play and all
My hero among our heroes
Was Congo whose nuts excelled.
© Muniini K. Mulera