About

Christine Murugi Gitonga smiling on a red dirt road lined with trees, in a long green and purple dress

Christine Murugi Gitonga

Somewhere Between Becoming and Being

Poetry for the things we feel, the things we survive, and the people we are still becoming.

I am a writer drawn to the quiet complexities of being human: the tenderness of love, the weight of unspoken words, the beauty of becoming, and the courage it takes to begin again. Through poetry and reflection, I give language to the feelings we carry, the truths we struggle to express, and the parts of ourselves we are still learning to understand.

My words are an invitation to pause, feel deeply, and find pieces of oneself.

You do not have to know me to find yourself here.

You only have to have felt something deeply.

Welcome. Stay a little.

— MurugiGitongaWrites