in johannesburg, the teeming soweto
in chennai, the bustling, brimming market
a throbbing daytime street
in india the ganges, in south africa
a river of thirst
all the way
down its spine
down south, the seasons stir
and thunder crashes
india’s seasons surge
down south, a world shaped by southern moods
by mines, by farming
by barbed memories of land wars
the gods of south and north, vishnu
shiva & brahma
in colour everywhere
in the continent, once blessed by selassie
white bones
summon the ancestors
who watch over all
lands traverse
re verse
di-verse