Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Alice Walker: We Have a Beautiful Mother

 
We have a beautiful
mother
Her hills
are buffaloes
Her buffaloes
hills.
 
We have a beautiful
mother
Her oceans 
are wombs
 Her wombs 
oceans.
 
We have a beautiful
mother
Her teeth
the white stones
at the edge
of the water
the summer grasses
her plentiful
hair.
 
We have a beautiful
mother
Her green lap
immense
Her brown embrace
eternal
Her blue body
everything
we know.
 
Alice Walker
From Prayers for a Thousand Years:
Inspiration From Leaders & Visionaries
Around the World
  

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