Now that I am embarking on my PhD on cultural memory in the African diaspora I enclose my poem which I originally wrote on slates. For reference, the sankofa bird is an image representing a bird flying forward but forever looking back to its roots.
kyrie eleison -
as the sun melts
and darkness slides in
the heartbeat of the eath stills
and oceans spill
on the tilt
rocks crumble and cry
dry
tears
and particles colouyr the breath
of the
wind
and the sankofa bird flies forward
forever looking back
to when the rainbow itself was
enough
