I Cry & Smile Mother Africa

As the world is celebrating Africa Day, I decided to express my love to it through ink

I'm glad, an African,
My heart beats with African rhythms,
Dance with my feet on African beats,
The essence of culture, and everything.

Very happy with my colour of chocolate,
Uniquely gifted with talents,
Black and shinning like a star,
Not because born on African soil,
But proudly meant to be.

I cry 'cuz of what's happening
To me and my mother Africa,
Whilst those I consider as my brothers
And sisters are in laughters and cheers.

Strangers come and take our livelihood,
But the world regards them as heroes,
When it comes to morning I'm alive,
I don't know whether the sun will set.

Mother Africa dry eyes and
Reverse the joy that I had,
Everybody admires you,
You are adorable Mother Africa,
Land of heroic and valiant people.

Essence of love, nature,
Enormous mountains, beautiful rivers,
This day you embrace the entire world
But I still hold a gigantic cry
And smile Mother Africa.

Reviews

[Renée]

Oh I hear you ! I have seen you in the colors of Africa !! How Sweet Your Land, How sad the stories and what humans do to each other ... know we in other places hear your voice...
I have written some poems.but not being African I don't know if is appropriate to post...perhaps I can send them to you and get your thoughts? Africa was so much more than my eyes took in !

[Raheem Lyttle Kiyaga]

J. Martin,
You can send them to me and review them

[Rene Velez]

your a fraud you steal peoples poetry and say its yours, be careful poets he's a thief, he stole one of my poems and added it to facebook and thought I wouldn' catch him.