The Evenings of Al Leewan

The moon was beautiful. 

I sat under it,

Smiled,

At the little girls. 

That park, 

There was something about it. 

It's well maintained lawns.

The people. 

They were quiet. 

It was a place for thinking.

And that boy, 

15 years old, 

With his bicycle, 

Walking quietly on the other side. 

As I watched,

The birds, 

singing, 

The kids,

Playing, 

The babies,

Crying,

Some laughing.

The boys,

Shooting, 

Cricket ball, 

Soccer ball. 

The parents, 

Thinking.

And as for me, 

Watching. 

Until that Bentley passed,

 All the calm, 

It took with it.

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Gloria Nyagaka is Kenyan and just completed her Master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering.

She has been a writer for six years now. Her manuscript is the biggest project she’s ever done, a modern romantic thriller, is in the hands of her literary agent. It is a book that expresses great female characters and the strength of a woman at large. She mostly campaigns against women violence and for freedom for women to choose. She also focuses on how great women have changed the world, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. She is a swimmer, a swim coach, a Taekwondoka, hockey player, and a dancer.