The Rock

My pen write
My heart speaks 
Of how my soul appreciate that one strong man 
Full of dust from head to toe 
Pushing those heavy wheelbarrow 
To earn for a bread 
Whose hands are those it is his family that awaits, awaits for him to share the bread 

My eyes have seen 
Of that wonderful woman 
Who’s turning black not only black but black as charcoal 
For the sun has no mercy for her beautiful skin 
Day and night with the bucket on her head 
She also believes a day in her life will be brighter than yesterday 
That she will no longer inhabit the wrinkles on her face and the cracked legs in her beautiful body.
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