Child, Stand Up

Child , stand up Clothes deemed unfashionable by followers with no individuality Kinky locks not straight enough according to those with no self realization The stiffness in your tongue bearing testament to your mother tongue, to which they laugh at, why? You're Mahogany, sanded and buffed well crafted and glossed to a high sheen Vulnerable yet resilience is you Intelligent yet humility is you Poor yet generosity is you Yes, you are all that and more because you have captured and nurtured a knowledge and pride in self Your smile glows from within as it brightens your surrounds Don't be shackled with self doubt for your strength feeds multitudes. Your gentleness comforting many. As you wear your head gear to dance, dance till you turn up the dust each muscle sinew in perfect coordination, sweat weaving in between the seamless strings of those beads crafted and carried with pride. Roar with song! Share your history through lore Ululate till the sound carries to the heavens, breaking the skies open with torrents of nourishing rains falling, falling. This ,Africa, is what you are...