In My Tongue

You are not persuasive, you're not impactful. I'm not impactful.

I even sometimes take offence, and I find them selfish and insensitive.

My mother tongue, in particular, people say it is like we are singing.

Yes, I have a song. I can just, maybe, recite one stanza...

I feel at home with them because we are... as much as it's not my primary language or mother tongue.

They were all speaking in Kikuyu. So, when I switched to their language, they kind of softened.

So, the original form of Kimeru may disappear.

So, as I started listening, I kept on learning, and then occasionally I'll join in, with my mixed Kikuyu...

No riria ndahikire ndanjirie kwiuria atiri tu aragia atia ni ndiiguaga uria maroiga?