African Hearts, Women As One Poem by Saiom Shriver

O Abba, Oh Allah, Oh YHWH
to You we give thanks
that in time
Polish horses
defeat Nazi tanks

that in time
defenseless African
hearts beating as one
conquer
the machine guns
of Cecil Rhodes

that
Seminoles & Shawnee
Shiawassee and Cherokee
who died protecting their trees
win now over
woods raping
bulldozers backed
by rifles

that unprotected
women
rising as one
defeat the belts
and boots
of programmed men

that the pen of Rumi
is mightier than
the 'daisycutters'
of the American coup d'etat

that the music of
the life of Cesar Chavez
reached beyond the
money of plutocrats
directly into America's
soul

and that the cries
of billions of animals
begin to echo
in heartcaves
.. their resonance
brings down the pillars
of the past