Move Your Shadow
moulded from liquid dust burning
vermilion under African sun,
black soul of earth bleeds
through skin sweating onyx rivers
burnished hips of women flow
indigo chitenjes over fields
of okra and cassava root
where pounding feet dance
to invisible drums
of an ancient memory:
crimson jacaranda sea
of blood rising mercilessly
over splintered amber hills.
here, the light eclipsed blackness
and white days of darkness
lifted this beautiful skin
to strangle the unbearable soul
Catherine S. Duclos
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