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The New Griots--Pouring Down Raining Words

The New Griots—Pouring Down Raining Words
From the wombs
of our pregnant minds
may our charged words
drop like God’s tears
reaching the depths
of the precincts 
 of your souls
seeping like His raindrops
to swollen  roots
anchoring life anew
birthing thunderstorms
of revelations
missed in oral tradition—now 
staining sheets of thin pulp
with silent echoes—silent echoes
once etched in dry sand—time
unsheathing truth’s truth—unlocking 
opening doors and windows
into new souls—new souls
seeking those creative leaps of mind
of the new Griots—rain dancers
inking rhythmic words
flowing like a speaking river
meandering
   trials
                       tribulations
   traditions
                       peace
   love 
meandering Minerv-like 
between double clef river banks:

Come walk in the mist
of our rain—pitter pattering words
singing salient songs of life
showering selves in truth and glory.

Copyright © Millard Lowe




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