POETRY

Finally Freedom

Walking towards the dawn of every man

The African Savannah — Photo by Estevao Gedraite on Unsplash

I step out onto
this endless plain
of yellow grass
ancient thirsts
and the occasional tree
rising into arid sky

I leave everything
I have ever owned
everything
I have ever been
everything
I have ever evered

My white boubou
as long thin cloth
a scant weapon
against a sun
like this
as shoe and homeless
I part grass
toward far far horizon

heading for
the once dawn
of every man

Our original home

They have burned them
all my things they took
my desires
my greed
my needs

I sacrificed them all
for banishment