It’s cozy indoors by the fire
Just another cold, wet, gray autumn day
Out there the raindrops
And icy gusts are uninviting
Biting, drenching souls
Relentlessly reminding all
That in Africa there is more
Than just sunshine today
On this day unacknowledged
Unannounced, uncelebrated
Not forgiven, unforgotten
Africa Day, just another African day
Unforgiven, not forgotten
Africa Day, African dazed.
Dazed and warm indoors
So easy to forget that outside
It is cold and wet and uncomfortable
Around some other fire
Misery sits warming its hands
And drying its feet
Beneath a leaking roof
With broken hinges on the door
Of the empty grocery cupboard
As the last log is licked
By a struggling, frail flame
As the draught seeps
Beneath the door
So easy to forget
That its Africa day today.
Unacknowledged, unannounced
And not celebrated
Instead a toast is drunk
To the barman’s continued health
As the gray skies darken
And the rain continues to pour
And somewhere up there
The sun is shining on Africa
On this dreary African day
Unacknowledged, unannounced
And not celebrated
In an African daze.
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1 comment:
Too many an African Dazed sadly - so much of emptiness and futility celebrated and announced through TV, mobiles on that day - yet so much of heritage and grounding and pride and courage we could announce on such a day ....
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