So Much Said in one Six-Letter Name

Africa
The heart of darkness
Land of blood red diamonds

Temptress of our imagination
Warning to our leagues of nations
The original fall of empires

Tortured land of gun and spear
Action will come within the years
A continent’s nations changing gears

Land of Safaris
Cradle of Society
Where wildlife is not just animals

Cruel and Dirty
Calm and Serenity
Africa, our hearts’ entire

poem by Kaz Kawasaki
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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