Gazing Into Africa

pen to my paper
A slave for a master
The brown in pigmentation
Beautiful dialects
of a Zulu nation
rediscovered
in a queen's eyes.
Her gaze speaks 
like a summer sunrise
befalling the Serengeti
pen to my paper.
Word to my flow
A mixture of color
only poets know
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Manthata Avatar
December 21, 2017 at 8:21 PM
Lovely poem
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