Mother of Mankind

Mother of Mankind || Olaleye Gift

in this crystal ball,
resides a woman whose womb stretches out
like stars across the night sky.

her wrinkles reflect true power
acquired across ages,
woven into wisdom to be suckled from her breasts.

she will be the flame that flies
along with a broken soldier
after he burns this brokenness into rising fumes.
mankind will come to call her mother,
yet, she is an ancestor to few.

now, for a mother of few to become a mother of many
the motion for adoption is moved.

sweet blossom shall be her first fruits,
for they shall bring her dreams to the doorstep.
I am not a soothsayers
but in this crystal ball
is the face of the past and the future.

Africa is her name.

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