Rain Forest

Dr Haki R. Madhubuti

RAINFOREST

by Haki R. Madhubuti

You are forest rain

dense with life green colors

forever pulling the blue of life into you

see you walk and

I would burst rainwater into you

swim in & out of you

opening you like anxious earthquakes

uncontrollable, but beautiful & dangerous.

Get with this woman come

fire frozen beauty,

men cannot sleep around you

your presence demands attention

demands notice

demands touch & motion & communication.

You are runner

swift like warm wind hurricanes

fast like stolen firebirds

& you disrupt the silence in me

make me speak memories long forgotten & unshared

secrets uttered in strange storms,

deep, full sounds reserved for magical lovers.

Listen runner

I’ve shared pain with you,

I have commented on future worlds to you,

I have let you touch the weak & strength of me,

I have tasted the tip of your ripeness &

kissed sweat from your middle.

I have bit into your mouth and

sucked the life-forces from your insides
And I know you. Understand you.

I have shared books and travel and music

and growth with you. 

sweet knows honey & I know you.

under salted water tides

& running against polluted earth
I’ve tried to be good to you woman

tried to care beyond words

care beyond distant spaces

beyond sensitive phases & quiet lies

beyond cruel music & false images.
Indeed, you are an original high & dream maker

& true men do not try to limit you.

Listen woman Black

I do not wish to dominate your dreams

or obstruct your vision.

Trust my emotion, feel.

Know that I am near & with you

& will cut the cold of winter winds to reach you.
you are delicate bronze

in spring, summers & special autumns

you are forest rain

dark & runner & hurricane-black

frequently,

I say frequently I bring you

midnight rain.


(Repeat)
Listen woman Black

I do not wish to dominate your dreams

or obstruct your vision.

Trust my emotion, feel.

Know that I am near & with you

& will cut the cold of winter winds to reach you.
you are delicate bronze

in spring, summers & special autumns

you are forest rain

dark & runner & hurricane-black

frequently,

I say frequently I bring you

midnight rain.

Lyrics Submitted by Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge (Luanda, Angola)

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