I AM THE AFRICAN

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I AM THE AFRICAN

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I am the African
My skin is as black as the night 
Laced with gleaming stars swimming across
Like the interior of an exquisite art house, 
And the moonlight is an ancient scribe 
telling our juicy Africa tales for generations
Beneath the endless Black African skies.

 I am the African
My blackness is a great twirling wall 
Made strong by tropical rainforests 
And savannas that nourishes my kingdom.

 I am the African
The pores of my skin,
Filled with deep oases of strength
Spewing melanin-thick locks 
Holding countless baubles of affection 
Every burst releasing sweet pleasure.

 I am the African
The brown hue of my eye contrast 
Idyllically with my nicely hewn biology,
That keeps the world ogling after my godlike beauty.

 I am the African
My limbs -
They are sturdier than the red mahogany,
Steady and sure as the day.
Everything about me -
My colour, my voice, my stride, my essence -
Deliberate and unapologetic,
Fits perfectly within 
The ambience of the great artwork called Africa.

 I am the African, 
The sapient black-skinned general ruling justly in his grace
A totem of timeless intelligence
I am the lion-king
The fiery creature of the great sea
I am the earth,
Breeding the greatest minds that ever exist yet.
I am the African
The fountain of civilization rise in my belly
I spread my swarthy hide 
My limb straddle wide
Carrying life to the far-reaching ends of the world.
I am the African
Proudly I race a free man
Fearless into the sun behind the dark hills
Strong and intense, its heat 
As the the African in me 
In this harmony I live
'Til my breathe slips 
Down beyond the depth of the seas. 

(c) Dedoyin Shobo

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