A queen mother isn’t a mubiito.
They let you sit at the table
because the boy needed to be fed
and you knew how to feed him.
That is not a throne.
That is a temporary plate.
You came with a smile
that hid a ledger.
Every kindness they gave you
you stored like a weapon.
Every secret they trusted you with
you turned into a story
you would tell later
when the wine was gone
and the cameras were on.
You are not blood.
You are the woman who married blood
and decided blood was not enough.
A rumor here.
A side-eye there.
A family name dragged through mud
because you could not stand
that they still called you
the one who came from outside.
A mubiito is born inside the fire.
You only learned how to stand near it
and call the heat yours.
Queen mother is a courtesy title
a widow can keep
so she does not feel the cold
when the king is gone.
It is not a crown you earned.
It is a chair they let you keep
until you tried to burn the house
just to feel the warmth again.
You wanted to shame them
because their norm refused to bend to your whims.
You wanted the world to see
the cracks you helped make.
But thighs fade.
Beauty expires.
And the family that let you in
will outlast the woman
who thought marriage
was a hostile takeover.
Sit down.
The blood remembers
who was born in it
and who only slept there.
@amronaldo They don't have the wealth because a few people decided to individualise the institution and its resources.
Instead of building for Toro, people were busy using the institution for selfish interests.
That is how we find ourselves here.
@MuntuWabulijjo@Namutyaba1 Is Mwenda Toro? So what happens to the other Batoro who supported her expecting that she was genuine?
She has exhibited pure pure greed and a bankrupt heart.
@A150399965@Kelele_ug It was just a group of young men taking advantage of their strong relationship to the late King to enrich themselves without minding the greater good for the kingdom.