AFRICA
Can you hear my voice
calling
through the veil of time?
In dreams
I sense
a dark eternal pulse
still pounding
still living
I wish for my home
in a lion colored land
forgotten memories
link me to the tapestries
of bright colors
by a river
a child heavy
on my back
women's voices
fill the air
in lost Africa.
I am the forgotten mother
and the captive daughter
vanquished by storms
and sails that filled the sky
let me come home
this daughter lives now
in white skin
but I know my sisters
through our timeless songs.
we are here
listen for our voices
as you stand by the river
listen for our voices
we survived