Emanations Of Light From Light Land Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

This light you are
Can be seen far away
It shines in the dark
It shines in the snare
Called life for it looms
Bigger than the mountains
Only when you let it.

Shine for me for if you don't
I will light you up with my
Flashlight bright so together
We can be heard in valleys
Deep the way I heard a singer
Playing drums in the night
Under an African night.

She drummed for me and all
The people of the village
Her light reaching into my
Gut and my insides danced
And played the drum into
My mind and I sang all
Night even under the blankets
Until my siblings asked
What dance this was that
Carried the four corners
Of the blanket we shared
To my side always leaving
Them bare and unexcited.

They still wonder at my light
For it glows daily making me
Tell stories new and old for
All the world to hear.

For this light is not about
Having and not having much
But about just being and standing
In it as you are letting it
Grow out of you the flash light
That everybody needs in order
To have hope and love.

They say the south of Africa
Is Light land for there we
See no northern lights but
Reflect our joy to all who
Care for we know this light
Lives and walks inside ourselves
Including you if you care to look.

I give this light to all the
Little ones of the world and
Say take this at the count of
Three and go and stretch and
Share a love with your friend
By making a pact on little
Finger to little finger that
Together we will shine brighter
Than the stars always. On, Two
Three, Go!