The Legend Between the Lines

The drum beats were heard from far The music filled the air, everybody sang In the household of kimunyi a son was born Indication of a stronghold in the society That he was the heir and supreme shareholder of the property Heir! Heir! In every mouth that was the pride of the family To be the pillar of the family and hold it gladly Like the trumpets blown during the festivals Their heartbeats blew happiness rhythmically entwined Their dreams for him were big and hopeful They entrusted their dreams to him purposefully for the generation to come Indebted to them he was and he wouldn't bring them down He grew with an extraordinary physique bold and strong Profound in the ways of the society never going wrong But between the dreams and visions of his family And the society his dreams surfaced He became like a fulcrum unable to balance Between his visions and that of the society In his dreams he wanted a different life He wanted to unburden himself of the responsibility And like a Wonderer he found himself in the city He was naive not familiar with the new ways But under that primitive skin there was purpose The bridge between the two worlds was created He was burned from the society And no matter how much he wanted there was no going back He pulled carts he swept the streets but he got stronger Then between the lines he cut across And he crossed the river The legend between the lines