RETURN – DEDICATED TO AFRICA
By Roland E. Williams
My loving African, you are part of my roots
So now your part in me returns back to you
You’ve found for me that which I’d wanted
And lost and found, to only lose again
But here you are, in images confounded
By distances, compounded to bits and bytes
I return to you the root they took long ago
They have since mixed and kneaded it
Over and over, but your part was not removed
You have been calling, my African, so long
And there you are, only images so far
But as true as the air that keeps me alive
I cannot describe the simplicity you are to me
Your heart so meek, it is easily trampled upon
Something even a feather can break in a moment
And when you hurt, you die, yet you may not
For where you are, I ought surely to be
Protecting each other throughout eternity
How can I begin to be anything like you?
When you have humanity’s advance on me?
But then again, you are my root –not removed-
So perhaps I must awaken those dormant genes
To take me to where you are -reality awaiting-
That will teach me how to be humble again

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