It’s 37,000 feet above sea level, sayeth Captain Mwaniki. We
are cruising the stratosphere level but I keep wondering what could happen had
we to cruise further to the mesosphere past ozone layer and into the
ionosphere…
Am seated next to a Chinese lady, either she is not friendly
or she doesn’t think much of me not that I care after all we are aboard Kenya
Airways- The pride of Africa J
A lot of things cross my mind though; from my private life,
to my dreams, to my role in this world to the ongoing war in Gaza, Lamu and the
glaring inequality in the world.
I take any form of human suffering very personal, cuts me so
deep, makes me feel helpless and above all motivates me to be able to realize
my dreams, be that person I have always wanted to be and I know I will be
that person, just a matter of time.
……
The water felt so good, took her mind away she even forgot
how long she had been soaking in it, maybe an hour, 2 maybe…. Damn could have
been 3 hours and counting, she just stood there listening to the sound of the
shower, getting to know her body deeply and intimately, ohh this part made the
trip worth it, took all her worries away, she always looked forward to the
long, warm hot bath it was the climax of her day but deep down her conscience
nagged. (Earlier on her way to L. Malawi excursion, she had spotted a young
woman fetching water from the river, to say the least the water was not even
fit to use for laundry…) As the water caressed her curvaceous chocolate body
her mind wondered… Was that lady going to drink that water, probably use it for
cooking, how many kilometres had she covered to reach that river? Was she
happy? Did she deserve that life? Was she any better than her? Why was her life
much easier than hers? Was it luck or education that created the divide….? Had
she thanked God that morning for the bearable life she had, for the water she
wasting soaking herself yet others covered thousands of kilometres just to
obtain that scarce commodity? Why wasn’t life easy for everyone? Why was there
too much suffering in the world?
These thoughts brought her back to reality, she stepped out
of the bathroom and into her bed wondering why the divide was so pronounced….
…..
“Ladies and gentlemen” she could hear Captain Mwaniki’s
voice trailing in the background, they had entered Kenya’s airspace and the
plane was preparing for landing, she slowly folded her laptop, paused Christina
Aguilera’s pleading “say something”
ballad as much as she hoped for something positive to be said to give her hope in
humanity, to clear life’s paradox of the haves and have nots… but with the
touchdown her trail of thinking faded only her dreams reminded her of a better tomorrow,
“someday my dreams will come true, and that day will come soon…”
Is Nairobi your final destination ma’am?....
