Soul Birth: 71 Horstley Street, District Six

SOUL BIRTH : 71 HORSTLEY STREET, DISTRICT SIX Swathed in golden fleece White light dancing Cigarette smoke twirls Waters break and gush Bright as the nearby ocean To say hello to the midwife Preparing the birthing table A violet spirit comes A birthing through channels and layers The room becomes vast Souls linger about Radiant and receiving Onto the Earth Dimension Task complete Melancholy sits here too Cradling the unknown Too delicate to hold Waves dance in rain and white wind Ice cold separated by time Here I sit in a District in the South Watching myself being born And red blood Flows… ©GhairoDanielsPoetry&Song +-1980s LISTEN TO POEM READ BY POET ON YOUTUBE [ This is one of the poems I wrote on my experience of Forced Removals from District Six, South Africa under the Apartheid Government. Nine of the poems are published in the Testament : District Six Memories, Thoughts and Images /edited by Martin Greshoff/ Attic Press 2021. This is the first of the set. Watch this space for more poems on Forced Removals ]