The Drums….
M.E. Martin

I hear the drums of Mother Africa
Calling to me in a rhythm as
Old as the color of my skin

The beat sounds like the heartbeat of life
I feel pounding through my veins
Can’t you feel it too?

Life pounding, surging bringing me
To my feet making me want to dance
My feet can’t help moving

I hear Mother Africa calling
Her voice is alive and as old as time
Reminding me of my beauty

Releasing me from my shame
Telling me of Kings and Queens
Whose bloodlines I share

Of warrior men and women
Bold, strong and brave
Their history just now being learned

The drums are beating out
The call of Mother Africa
Her voice is soothing in my ear

I have listened to this sound
As I slept in the arms of mama
Or been comforted in the strong arms of daddy

When nothing else could bring me peace
The beat that originated from the Cradle of
Civilization calms the chaos brought on by the world

Mother Africa is calling in the sound of drums
Her voice is familiar
It is like coming home

Welcoming me back into the fold
Of brothers and sisters
That I have just met

The men move like the men I’ve always known
The women look like women I’ve always seen
This is family finally reconnected

The drums of Mother Africa are calling
Her voice reminding me of sun baked lands
And beautiful sun kissed babies

The beat is timeless endless and
Mother Africa speaks through it
It is the beat of life

It calls to the freedom in my soul
An ancient rhythm that is a
Language of its own

Her voice is fathomless
But I know it as surely as
I know my own

I hear the call of Mother Africa
The summons to come home
To be cradled once more

To be rocked in it’s bosom
Where my creativity was born
Where my heritage is worn like a second skin

Nice one, ME.

Thanky you DKW....

Brava MzEm, you know you and me are like super distant cousins right??

Beautiful

A beautiful homeland!

Always dreamed of going there!

Fantastic!,totaly felt it,reminded me of reading and watching Roots,powerful and proud poem just like the man Kunta Kinte the Mandinka fighting man!

Hey cool beans, you fit right in with the family. I have lots of relatives that looke like you...

Thank you Ms Tammy. Two of my sisters went to Africa this year and we have plans to do a fab five sisters thing that just might be in the Mother Land...

Thank you Ekko, that is a powerful book and movie to be compared too...

Your welcome,if more young and old people read and watched it thered be far less disgusting words and outrageous outlooks on beautyfull people?
i couldent belive it the first time i watched it,truly horrific that people could do and still hold that view and state of mind?
its your own master-peace! x

I can hear the sounds and feel the pride behind the words as I read them- BRAVO!!

Thank you so very much...my niece read it for heritege day at her school one year, it was nice to hear the emotion in a younger voice as it was read....

Thanks MzEm

very nice piece ms. M



unlike (B) you and i are probably not related but, i can still relate...

LOL thanks KC...

and the beat goes on, the whispers would say that to this....reminds me of the feelings I get when I visit my hometown, very nice.

Thanks Huckleberry.....