I Am Pride; The Chant

I am the long lost story told in the dusty archives of some library in the days of old.

I am recorded. I am unheard. 

I am the silent dirge in the room of an infant succumbing to malaria.

I am the feuds. I am the wars.

I am the mistold story of savagery.

I am the lies.  I am the truth. 

I am pain. I am anguish.

I am resilience. I am royalty. 

I am the pyramids of the great northmen.

I am ingenuity. 

I am the brave warrior tribe from the sprawling south.

I am chilvary.

I am the sun. I am the desert. 

I am rain. I am the great forests. 

I am culture. I am art. 

I am the roaring lion in the pride lands  of the east. 

I am the carnival in the streets of the west. 

I am life.  I am the loamy soil you flowers grow on. 

I am root. I am the past. I am the future. 

I am the strength of a billion people. 

I am giant. I am vast.

I am black. I am beautiful. I am everything.

I am proud. I am Africa. 

Author's Note

I needed to do this.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

This is poetry my friend.
"I am black. I am beautiful. I am everything.
I am proud. I am Africa"
I love to study history. Africa had great history, needed to be written and to be remembered. Wonderful poetry written. I did enjoy.
Coyote

[Leslie Philibert]

This is an amazing poem that knocked me off my chair. Honest, truthful, full of both pride and humility,
this is so much better than the work I read from so called established poets. Wonderful!

[kingblaq]

Thank you very much for your kind words always. Honestly sir, your feedbacks inspire me to keep on writing