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“limbs of
legacy”
I have seen the blue moon in the eyes of the aging earth.
I have felt the purple sun in heart of winter.
I have thanked Heaven for the rain that wet the solid
soil,
mourning mountains and thirsty trees.
But, not yet enough gratitude for the gift of mothers in
the lake of life.
Tell you the truth I often wonder what the head will do
without the neck.
What will the fish do without water?
I wonder the fate of valleys without mountains
I wonder how far the legacy can run without limbs.
I have questioned too many things about life.
Times the more questions I have is the more confusion I
have faced.
But the tail and head of it is that I have come to see
that life is nothing but
a puzzle and every bit of it counts.
No matter the tough hands of the rain it will never wash
off the tribal marks of zebra.
Nothing happens before its time.
No matter how late the sunrises, it will never set in the
North; neither will it
camp in the South.
In your eyes I see the trails of the past and future
generations.
In your face I have seen the smile and pain of mother
earth.
You have become the weak wind that holds the flying
elephants.
I have seen the living limbs of legacy and I can’t help to
think of mother’s
hands on the wheels of life. Dance on mothers without you
the spherical earth
would have turned to square.
Please don’t forget that no matter the size and training
of the pig it never do
the job of a tiger. You are the limbs of legacy.
© 2001, Chidi A. Okoye
poem - limbs of legacy by Chidi
Okoye
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