I Am...I Am From Poem by Tumisang Ramarea

I am the son of the Kgalagadi elephant
And the Mmakgodumo crocodile
Two worlds uninhabited, water and fire
I am from the space between black magic and the holy cross
The mountain and the cathedral are both shrines for my heart
My heart is the love of the widow
Up before the crack of dawn, water and fire?
Water and fire to send me to school
Water or fire from the rain or shine
Come rain or shine she built the scaffold of my dreams
In hunger and harvest, in sickness and in health,
'til death did us part
Death did them part, broke her heart
I chose life then, I choose life now
I am from the living one
Am I the crocodile? Am I the elephant?
I am not a servant of the serpent
My heart...my heart...
Is the love of a widow
The holy cross on a mountain,
Black magic in a cathedral
Come rain or shine, I am water, I am fire
And I am from the elephant and the crocodile