THE AFRICAN BEAUTY

The African Beauty

The beauty you see
in her has no equal,
the culture she
represents is from ages,
Africa in her remains
eternal Africa,
civilization she projects
from time immemorial.

                                                                           

Yesterday she represents,
today she holds, and
tomorrow preserve;
she symbolizes identity
without equal
not facial,
not of color;
but encapsulates
forgotten past.

Upon her head is a gourd
that represents world,
colors on it exemplifies
variety,
her heart she turns
cuneiform, and
mind to hieroglyphics.

                                                                     

You're great,
you're wonderful,
light in you-never go
dim,
sun in you guide
the day,
moon in you be for
the night.

                                                                             

Your star-let it twinkle-
your ocean-let it roar,
the rocks let them rock,
rivers in you
let them become agitated,
let your sky thunder,
lightning from you,
let it strike the world,

Let high and low lands
in you quake,
may those years of sorrow
become days of benediction.