With compliments--By Denis Waswa Barasa--Kenya

With compliments

For all you’ve given me

I owe you a debt in ghee

Much have I disappointed thee

Yet you’ve ensured trouble, I flee

With compliments, you are

God for the life in me

Mother for the health I breathe

Father for these lines I create 

Friend for the charm you ooze

Thanks… though the word would be insufficient! 

Denis Waswa Barasa enjoys reading and writing poetry and literature. He is a teacher based in western Kenya.