Afrikaner, Caribbean Poem by Mark Heathcote

Afrikaner, Caribbean



Afrikaner, Caribbean
You're a shepherd of the land
You make the mighty lion meek
Now he's shivering at your feet
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Life's your Nativity in the sand
Build Jerusalem if you can
Cause Eden is not yours or mine to command
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Tears are falling on your land.
Raise an ark for Noah's man
Save a people if you can
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Man's blood can't heal the land
Send a dove its God's command.
{Peace in your soul}
Is his command...?

Afrikaner, Caribbean
Wore his heart like a talisman
Beneath the sun, fell a dying man
And in his eyes he says; Just who I am...
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Wished to be a European
And in his eyes, I did see in him
Something lost still to believe in...
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Wants to be a politician
Sanctify all that he believes in
Home the homeless & feed the starving
Afrikaner, Caribbean
Sow the seeds of freedom
From the fountains of unquenchable desire
Let corruption burn in loves eternal fire.

Let poverty perish to gold that brings us all together
Let barren lands over flow…
Let these your Israelite children go
Let the bounty of your love show
Let the power of one love grow
Let the kingdom of one heart & soul
Touch the majesty kept not a secret; let it be known to all
Come together gathered in a multitude of purity like snow
In our life's there's a little bit of heaven left to show
From the melting fury of man's hate did you lead or follow
Just because the sleeping shepherd the slaughtered lambs didn't billow...

Afrikaner, Caribbean! Afrikaner, Caribbean
Afrikaner, Caribbean

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Thursday, February 11, 2016
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