Time Of Upheaval Poem by Etienne Charilaou

O great volcano, Kilimanjaro!

Mountain of Light

Mountain of Greatness

Mountain of White Snows

Mountain of Caravans

Mountain of Mystery

Elephant graveyards,
laden with ivory are hidden,
and many a thief has Rayli the Bountiful
blown to their deaths
to the plain below.

Mawenzi, battered by Kibo
in his ancient anger,
lies dead alongside Shira.

Next to them,
spent from his rage, mighty
Kibo lay down and slept
for a million years.

But now is Kibo's slumber light,
and great and fierce he
may awaken to pour out his wrath once more
over the land.