Wangari Muta Maathai
Mother of the forest green
Across a complicated boundary
Of loyalties
I bring you esteem for life
Surging through the forest heart
You are a shade
The brains of it, the blood
That bled from the umbilical movement
Of its urge to be
I heard Kilmanjaro thunder
Rain was about to fall
I saw the pregnant cloud
Black and strong
Bountiful with the juice of wind
Wangari Muta
Maathai, the mother
Of the green revolution
I saw the new morning
Forbidding the rape
Of a beautiful body kindling desire
From the first fire
Of creation
The thunder broke sweat
Like a river from the sky
Pouring your veins
Content in a movement
Protecting the innocence of the trees
It was a beginning
That marked
The end of Arap Moi footsteps
Up the mountain of power
O you made so
Beautiful hour
Your courage after the blow
That's the moment
I loved you
The martyr for the trees.
Copyright © L'Nass Shango | Year Posted 2010
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