"heritage" 
  
I have a past like a tribal mark of zebra. 
I know where I am. 
I know where I am coming from. 
I know where I have been. 
Like a jungle child, I know where I am. 
I know where I am going, 
but not beyond echoes of my legend drums. 
I have a root; 
though brutally shaken and rooted has never 
given up it's ghost. 
I know my roots, no matter forces 
of the ruining rain on the graceful 
body of Ostrich; 
Its beauty; will never fade. 
I have come to stay, not to be 
blown balloon in the crazy chilly 
wind of Babylon, 
but to stay strong in roots that made me thick 
I have come to stay like tomorrow 
without end. 
I have a past, my past is my life 
the mother of my future. 
Like every other journey to the peak 
I am ready to take care of the 
ups and downs, 
to be loved and cherished in the crown of my  
heritage. 
I have a past.

Copyright © 1999, Chidi A. Okoye

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