WATERS OF AFRICA
Kyeremeh Winston@winstonkyeremeh297684
11 months ago
And every dew that falls on the blessed land
An ancient blessing undisputed
Every river and pool and pond
Their various ethnicity enfolds
And perfectly defines
Around and through every home
Their waters have themselves streamed
Waters mighty!
And falls so historical
Waters so pure!
Gleaned and natural; Africa
Where the mighty Sea has its own tales
Tales untold and ephemeral
As the cane stripes of the tiger
Of deadly voyages
Torture and dehumanization of their ancestors
Beneath the belly of the Sea with its salt
A pinch of their bones and tears
Ghost graves of great ancestors
And all great spirits
Toppled and dumped into it
Over the sorrows in a slave vessel
Echoes of the groans of great wombs
Entombed beneath its bowels
The looming shadows
Haunting the shadows of the other man
That he raves and maddens daily
To kill and destroy himself
Such mighty waters!
Enriched by Great and mighty Nile
Ancestral mother of all earthly waters
Into thousand and thousand waters:
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