Kilimanjaro Rises

Kilimanjaro Rises

Kilimanjaro rises to meet the moon

as elephants roam the Serengeti below.

It was here I last saw your smile

so many winters ago.

I saw ages travel,

snow melting in miles

feeding fertile valleys

with wild, white Marigolds.

Sister elephants

told stories of the lion’s hunt

and carried you on their backs

into African dreams

and starlit serenades.

Back when “the People”

began their long journey into

human nature consciousness.

~~~

Kilimanjaro rises,

its long shadow casts us in pain

and drought and night;

easy prey for oppressions’ might.

But within the very journey

we began lies the means

for our freedom;

to be cleansed by African rain

and the salvation of our humanity.

Sister elephants will tell our story,

carry us on their backs and

into worldwide dreams.

~~~

Kilimanjaro rises to meet the moon.

Its snow nourishes the Serengeti below and

it will be here that I see

your smile once again

as it is reflected in moonlight.

~~redzone