as they say;
tyres may tear
a star may stay
hearts may stir.
my icy scary stare
has met a match.
HE; a Rasta, his hair tame.
ME; a miser, my time came.
Christ…
he has my heart.
Merry Christmas, my mister.
Stay the same each year.
Tanisha Mehta is a writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. A graduate of Broadcast Journalism and Gender Studies, she seeks stories of identity and belonging and explores telling them in a variety of ways through The Watu Project. Her work has been published by The Partition Museum, Amritsar, and Isele Magazine. A fourth generation Kenyan of Indian Origin, she lives with her husband, three dogs, and an inheritance of identities that cross time and space.