A Rainy Day In Africa

She cries to tell 
her story
     Her tears 
drops to   wash 
the blood of her 
heroes

     She cries to   
comfort her 
legends of old

She cries to 
wash black and 
white in the skin 
of her people

She weeps in 
thunder to tell 
her poeple I AM 
A PLACE TO BE
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December 10, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Beautifully expressed. Thanks for your visit.
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