Afro Woman

Figure clad in white Soul clothed in ashen Body soaked in wine Youth entrenched in mind Foreign name on paper. A specimen of mystery Unseen splendor Timeless experience A living dictionary of life Your body scarred by time Face disfigured by “LOVE” Hands marred by money Hair, gray from thoughts You have lived millennia or two But your origins, not a soul knows Some say “David’s Descendants” Others claim, ”Soul’s Remnants ” They have dug out graves, Gone through caves, Climbed up KILIMANJARO Even looked into the Nile Some gaze up into the firmament & Debate “THE BIG BANG” But No! You are, Son of the soil, Daughter of the sand Mother AFRIKA breast-fed you, Father Sun baked your Identity Ostriches are raised for you, Cattle slaughtered all for your honor You are a black man Born of AFRIKA Blessed by the stars, Cloned by the night Rise above your feet and be proud.