Moi University Catholic Students' Publication, The Horizon

31/01/2024

I was laid in their unknown plans,
In silence they played me,
Without a word they wanted me to crumble,
These men wanted to see my head shrinking,
They have treated me as if humans are mountains,
They've sent a tape of distress in our house,
They merry, they're going too well,
I wish them well,
They think this poem speaks about them,
It speaks to them...
They have removed my plates in their table without telling me why,
When I pray,
I pray they don't pretend in church,
I am not righteous...
The devil is brilliant...
I know it won't bargain, there's no gain
in grudge,
I did them no wrong, and so I won't carry the debt of worry...
I hope we don't become mountains,
I won't cut bridges...

Daniel Mudondo
From Heart Graffiti journals of Daniel Mudondo.

05/11/2022

WHAT STINGS THE MOST

Swimming in the ocean of blues,
I'm crippled by chaos,
Nowhere to lean on, shoulders have grown cactus,
The best suit I had said 'yes' to,
The only mineral that found value on my trust,
The only bulb that lit my dark room,
Have become violent tides frosting my heart,
I found the letter I couldn't have opened,
Casting hope on perishable rose, it withers,
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

Gates have been closed,
Love is gone I don't know where,
Thinking of him I can't stop despite all these bruises,
I turn out the lights and cry for relief,
It’s not enough to give in for love, I say
This is the poison I'd begged for, I stay
I can't turn back from his paths, I still love but he's gone,
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

He's Gone... I used to breath through his breathe,
I can attest I'm suffocating...
I'll record that sometimes you can succumb for loving the short-lived,
Looking at the roof, my tears roll over my cheeks
but I still wish he was there to wash them,
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

Nostalgia, sometimes a prison of wild souls,
His memories was stamped in my heart,
His shadows looked real before the beginning of mourning,
Imagine looking at the mirror and seeing his healing personality, smile of angelic touch then it fades like vapour,
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

I, whose gifts float on the sea,
Creatures of emotions we perish,
Elephantly those feelings are alive
Kicking through my skin perforations,
I feel scars on the same...
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

Nice and lovely is a lotion I knew through him,
I was glowing and radiant courtesy of his art of giving,
I never knew he was also an expert in the art of taking_ happiness,
He's a snake island that I want to visit even if it's prohibited, fears all over I'm obsessed on a grave,
It aches so badly yet l want it all like oxygen...
That's what stings the most.

Dannish Mudondo Jnr
© 2022

01/11/2022

Do "Women of integrity" exist or they are just ideal?

01/11/2022

Even after trying severally and failing,
It will never be late to dream and set new goals.

Happy new month of November!

22/10/2022

Earlier today, we had our Picnic and here are some moments in Pictures:

20/10/2022

Happy Mashujaa Day to our Esteemed Writers, We celebrate you all on this Day; May your Pens never Run Dry.

01/07/2022

DO YOU MIND WALKING FOR LIFE?

Well, join the pro-life movement and MUCSA this Saturday as we go around the corridors of Moi University, Main Campus to educate comrades on the importance of Valuing life of the unborn.

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”

03/05/2022

Our Media must continue to celebrate democracy and uphold the power of the people. Speak out loud and stand up together against social issues & ensure that the press is not curbed in any shape or form. Here is wishing everyone a Happy World Press Freedom Day.

17/12/2021

Horizon Publication Team wishes to congratulate all its members in the graduating class 2021.

Kongole!

19/10/2021

There has been a rise in cases of depression with different individuals battling it in different ways. Sadly, a number of individuals suffering from depression opt to take away their lives when it …

22/07/2021

Today, we felicitate with our Former Editor- in- Chief Khayeka K. Cedrick as he turns a year older.

We pray for goodness, mercy, sound health and immense blessings for him.
We ask the Almighty to guide, strengthen and grant him all his heartily desires.

Many happy returns sir!

Photo|| The Alternative Voice

26/03/2021

LONELY RIVER TURNS RED
At the river
the waters flowed
sometimes noisily
sometimes they bothered not a soul
in the water
beautiful water lilies grew
and at the banks
some rounded bushes
at this river
is where I found my love

Briskly I would run
down the river at dawn
my earthen pot accompanied me
daily quenching it needed
and my pieces of cloth
found their way there
a sparkle they needed

At the river
I once broke my leg
from a slide fall
and my earthen pot shattered
from the bushes he came
I trembled
felt terrified
what was his intention?
in his arms he carried me
and home he got me

At the river
I saw him once more
from the bushes he came yet again
was it his home?
or his hiding place?
into my eyes he looked
his eyes sparkled
I felt nervous
and with time at ease I felt
enjoying his companies
the sweet songs he sang

And at this river
we wrote a story
a story of love
a story that just began
with no single effort
with the rhythm of love, we flowed
at this river
I found my love

Poem by RISPER MUTHONI.

26/03/2021

FEAR FOR FIRE BURNS INNOCENT LIVES

Why are we talking about the same issues over and over? The reason is; we are using the wrong tricks to deal with them. Why would you invent new and improved medicine to cure Malaria when you could eliminate the mosquitoes and end the story for good? Well, getting an improved drug is good, but what if these mosquitoes develop resistance to the same drug? We will get another drug, which is perfectly impressive since it encourages creativity, but the question is; for how long are we to continue like this? We will keep fighting not until we eliminate the root source of our problems. Ooh! Yes, fighting a losing battle!

Looking at the issue of insecurity for instance. Why would we employ and recruit more security officers while the management remains the old ignorant and corrupt one? It is just like adding fresh water from a river to an ocean and expecting the ocean to turn fresh! Mission impossible. What if we looked into the management, eliminate the corrupt ignorant lot and replace it with loyal and honest ones? Believe you me, the entire body will be amazing.

What about the issue of r**e to young school girls? Laws have been passed that those involved should suffer mercilessly for their misbehavior. Strict punishments have been passed but r**e cases increase day by day! Why would we be lenient to one side and lay all the blames to the rapists? Have we tried looking at the both sides of the coin? Maybe, our young ladies are responsible for their misfortunes. How is their dressing mode? If they walk in the streets exposing their succulent thighs and breasts to team Mafisi, what else do you expect? What time do they walk alone in these lonely streets? If its late and they are all alone going to where only God knows, what do we expect? It could be also the parents have abandoned their roles in ensuring decency in the girl child. Lets wake up to reality!

The issue of female ge***al mutilation (FGM) should be long gone. The government spe

16/03/2021

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