My wife

I lament my life;
Celebrate my wife,
Pains I caused,
Scares I forced,
Shame I lost.

Patient and sterling,
Elegant and stunning;
Your beauty bespoke,
Beyond shadows;
Our sacrifice broke

Mama Fransisca;
A single tear is shed,
For my grave emerges.
Should I marry you again?
Is it a proposal in vain?

Perpetual;
Echoes within.
Transparent; revealed
Our twelve children sifted
Hidden in pain

Frey, may I marry you again?
Please?

Mfangano Island, Suba District, Nyanza Province , Kenya, 14/06/07