A New Life

Brian's new life began in a six-mat one-room apartment in a corner of Tokyo. An unfamiliar rhythm, unfamiliar food, an unfamiliar crush of trains. Even so, the night view from his window burned with a density of light Nairobi's sky had never held, and he found he didn't dislike the sight of it.

On sleepless nights, he would quietly hum "Wimbo wa Mwezi." The moon hung there just as quietly as it had back home.