Remind me

 Remind Me 

I sat there lonely in the wild

thinking, reminiscing over the past

where we sat at the fireplace as a child 

 telling stories —

embracing our folklore 

legends of the great warriors

all we could tell

we could know 

here beneath this wilted oak

where we sat and watched 

the beautiful sun marvelling the skies

with eagles daring the winds

oh! how beautiful it was

the songs we sung 

the memories we made

Remind me of the chorus 

the verses we sung praising greatness 

___Ephemeral happiness 

Remind me of the trumpet 

that hooted at our shores 

the foe to our happiness 

the great havoc that shook our world

blood that never flew in our veins

got a way to our livers

tore our hearts — indulge us

into mayhem 

chaos that broke us 

tore our strong limbs into fragments 

that can never be meant 

tell me of the gold fields

where heavens used to summon 

// call the showers of happiness 

Remind me of the huts at the banks 

the majestic Nile to the great Lakes

the marvellous beauty of the black child

Remind me of the coast —

the cause that we stood frail and weak

in our minds to say no

say no to chaos the winds carried 

to our beautiful shores