I Have Gone Past Lampedusa 1. I am ten thousand man from the south with unquenchable salted tears Like the Magi I make a trip to the North, she pulls me like the moon does the tides I do not drown, I do not die, I only go to return northbound without any fears A thousand sharks may prowl and two thousand eagles may soar at my side I head beyond Lampedusa. 2. I have journeyed ten nights through ten mighty waves from distant lands Self-exiled with my unborn child stuffed in a vessel bigger than my flat feet I wander away from lands once made sweet by Soumanguru’s magic wands Cloves have taken the secret scent of my princess in a flip fast fleet I sight the isle of Lampedusa 3. Beyond lies the promise land where hard work pays and dreams come true Far from diseased bellied governments, crying children and a silvering bullet To where dimpled queens and simpled kings with common folks construe Let my ancestors hold my calabash of dreams in case these sea opens its gullet Let me go past Lampedusa 4. Raging waves, ten thousand feet high rise at my feet– is this the last I see I once walked the streets where children threw balls and a drunkard cursed I once ploughed the fine fields where wild life flourished with dawn at tabaski I once was happy till I started to dream of strange lands, dreams now pursed I have gone past Lampedusa!
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:08:32 +0000
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