Letter to Africa

Oh how I long to see ancestral home It’s majestic mountains and valley roams The vast seas and grassy lands From rivers deep to desert sands I am an unwilling transplant Brought as a seed within man woman Transported against their will Stolen away for their genes and skill Africa will you pray for me As I plot to visit you happily I feel we will get along fine And chat as if no passage of time You will see me in reflection of you The old tales that told of my truth You I hope not to disappoint For my bones share the motherland’s anoint Will your spirit remember my own I wish to feel it that welcome home I may dress foreign and not speak the tongue But one look and you’ll know where I’m from