FREE AFRICA!
Free, Africa! I’m free!
Burnt, the roots of the oaktree
Under which I was kept
Evil custody where I was left
Broken the bottle and the chain
Making me the dearest son of pain
Sleepless nights I remember
Dwelling in my cold chamber
Like a soul at a crossroad in hell
Like an empty bucket praising a dry well
AFRICA!
Free, Africa! I’m free!
Crossing the Mediterranean Sea
The blue horizon is at reach
Away forever, has gone the witch
The path to the skies is wide open
Like the eyes of that dawn of children…
No more burial for my soul
No more answering a midnight call
The rivers can sleep quietly
The bees are blessed for their honey
Free, Africa! I’m free!
That is what your odds told me
I don’t need to know why
I had been tied in the dark night
Only the smiling and charming dawn
Is sitting on my life’s throne
Free, Africa! I’m free!
There is no chose that can hold me
Free, Africa! I’m free!
If I’m free, then you are free!
RAY NDEBI
About the Author
My name is Théodore René Ndebi, born in Cameroon. I graduated in Banking Management. But what really makes me proud and happy is WRITING !!!!! I started writing around 1990. I write the most I can.
I mostly write for children’s future. As a child, I had always dreamt of a world where poor children and orphans could be happy as well. I have many unpublished collections in French: Chaque Jour Un Poème, Rêve D’un Soir, La Missive Du Petit Prince, Suis-Je Assez Bien Pour Toi… I’m also author of unpublished novels in French (Cierge Noir, Plus Violent Que L’amour, Les Fruits De La Tempête…). My first published novel; THE LAST GHOST/Son Of Struggle got published in 2013 by AuthorhouseUK; it appears in the LOS Angeles Times Festival Of Books Catalogue 2014 Page 8. Available online @ Amazon, Kindle, AuthorhouseUK, Barnes & Noble, Indie. I wrote numerous award winning texts. I am a Book Reviewer and Translator. I am a member of OneAfricanChild since 2013 and Co-Founder of Le Salon Du Livre Yaounde-Cameroon. You can check my works on: authorrayndebi.wordpress.com.Ray Ndebi on Facebook, @RTNdebi on Twitter, Facebook Page My Soul & Mon Ame.
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