KILIMANJARO.

A child of color and flame

A pride of your mother and courtesy of your father

Grow wise Kilimanjaro.

The world is a threshold

To love, escapade and tranquility

Also to,

Evil, forsakenness and mayhem

Be keen who you let in and guard your heart Kilimanjaro

Your mother sleeps with uneasiness

From the daunting dreams of your absence Kilimanjaro

So seek the world but seek it with vigilance.

A person is complete with an origin

Living starts with where you come from Kilimanjaro

And is stamped significant with embracing your heritage

Always, remember the roads leading home child.

Delight in who you are

It was built by the roots from trees of your homeland

Appealing to many you are but let not that delude you

Acclaimed by many you are but let not those deceive you

You are “Wa Kwetu”, An ordained one of the lands.

Fly about Kilimanjaro but Home makes us whole.

CarieJoe.

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