Remembering Who We Are

REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE Spiralled rainbows ! burnished tapestries of trials Birth, love, death ripen Winds of Change for our country’s call Battles in a corner buried, we haul storms or it’s enthralls … Falcons swoop on soldier graves nostalgic letters root vines brave Journey through brazen ages petals dangle blood upon our sages Speeches in shanties, songs on stadiums nurturing a southern palladium ! Haversacked youngsters climb noisy taxis searching for devices or cheap fancies Turquoise beaches beckon while hot sweet potatoes entice from rusty backyard braais Grass grows in thunder on mielie farms, where bending we plant, sweaty arms ! Verses, emotions, lamentations, directions buildings up in flames, students marching Ministers preaching, Divinity arching as tears fall upon ashes when we lullaby for the lives of Oumas, mothers, babies rising and unfurling in unspeakable maybes Ambitions fly in spaces we read between lines Manoeuvring, thanksgiving, we observe think, create, act, leap in awe as Sun appears on mountains or in curves We empty ourselves, we empty ourselves To Love Life as it deserves ! ©GhairoDanielsPoetry&Song2020