Poem #9 THE EGO TRIP OF AFRICA – The Poetry Marathon

______THE EGO TRIP OF AFRICA______

I lit the last candle for ”imani”(faith)
For the moon
Has shadowed the sun
On the final night of ”kwanzaa”_______

For thousands of years
History and faith
Have been expressed in::
Art,music,storyand song

O Africa! Black is your beauty
You tell the world of it through your birth
Red is the blood of your ancestors
And green,the fertility of your land________

The presence of the white pawder
Forces this land of our pride
To undergo
In the last generation change
But as we sit
Beside the ”3sutsen” to comb our hair_____

We continue to celebrate our joys
And uphold ourselves
In troubled times
With our tradition and faith