A Beautiful Accident
ac•ci•dent
ˈaksədənt/
noun
an event that happens by chance or that is
without apparent or deliberate cause.
"the pregnancy was an accident"
synonyms: (mere) chance, coincidence,
twist of fate, freak;
fluke, bit of luck,serendipity;
fate, fortuity, fortune, providence,
happenstance
"it is no accident that there is a similarity
between them"
It is important that I begin this story from the very first domino piece. Because I bought a
motorbike.
It wasn’t how it was supposed to end, and God knows my intentions were good. I had it all
planned out, buy a bike and live happily ever after. Simply put, it was the perfect solution to all
my problems.
Saturday evening and I’m cruising down Waiyaki Way on my way home, my head is pounding
but the wind seems to kiss the pain away. I’ve been missing for three days.
It wasn’t how it was supposed to end
I switched off my phone, switched on the bike and took off. Nothing provoked it, I didn’t know
how long I’d be gone, or where to, it didn’t matter. That was Wednesday, and I found myself in
Eldoret where I was pulled over by four armed flying squad officers, all shouting at me to put my
hands in the air and identify myself ama they turn me into a kichungi. But that’s a story for
another day, this story is about what happened when I got back to Nairobi, stay with me.
I’m racing against light showers of rain, Eldoret was ephemeral, her roads labyrinthine and I’m
looking forward to getting home. The monotonous growl of the engine plays a perfect score to
the last scene just before the credits roll. I’m seated there, hands clenched on the throttle
thinking to myself “Nothing could get anymore beautiful than this moment right here”, but
that’s because I’m still alive, who knows what the afterlife has to offer?
And that’s when it all happened…when I was away chasing horizons. I get home all right; it’s just
that I can’t enter the house. Because the landlord had been trying to call me, because my phone
was off, because I didn’t pay my rent, BECAUSE I BOUGHT A MOTORBIKE. It’s raining and it’s dark
and I’m standing outside the house with my helmet still on, then a bright flash of lightning.
Remember when I said that it wasn’t how it was supposed to end and that God knows my
intentions were good? Good, because I need you to believe me. I swear there was the loudest
thunder right after I got the bright idea of calling my ex-girlfriend…but I didn’t, because we
broke up, BECAUSE I BOUGHT A MOTORBIKE *moment of silence*.