photo by Alex Lear
FORCES OF NATURE: HOPE SONG
/para Steph & Percival/
do not be bound by your mind
you are more than your thots
we don't just trod down time
mere materialist bricks of sod
we are immanent energy
both of & from the earth
our breath is wind
our flesh is soil
each smile an array
of sun warmth
each tear a droplet
of dew
but there is also another world
which animates us
delve into the forest
of your emotions
squat before the fire
of your imagination
sleep with the reality
of your dreams
our spirit surge is
stronger than computers
the dialectic
of human touch & feelings
an endless motor
self recycling
in the manner of oceans feeding
clouds & rain replenishing sea
while our being is as definite
as the texture of rocks
our mellifluous souls
are majestic
as the stoic millennium
of mountains
our essence is
two in one
both an awesome
aspect of nature
& a spiritual
projection
of life's
creative force
—kalamu ya salaam