MY EARS ARE NOT DEAF

I have heard your lament, O mild earth. 
I have heard your lament, O Blue Sea. 
I have heard your lament, O Desert.

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I have heard your clarion call, O earth, 
Over the sandy dunes and rolling sands. 
I can taste your unrest as I draw breath
From the very air that you shared with mankind. 

Do not fear, do not be afraid, O blue sea, 
For I have become become a living stream
Ready to bear your tales across miles,
Like a bard that has only his sweet tales. 

Be at peace O raging desert, 
The barren first born of earth,
For I will be the hammer that molds, 
And shapes the nature of the young and old. 

©Okunola Peace