Drumming Back To Freedom…

Photo by Toni Roberts; Djembe
Ah…
the weather is finally warming…
soon it will be time to
return to the
park…
to the
drums…
drumming back to freedom
under the heat of the city sun…
back to
Africa…
back to
freedom…

Yemaya–Photo by Toni Roberts
dancing to the call of the
orishas...

Photo by Toni Roberts
in the wild abandon of
forgetfulness
we are back in the
bush...

Tools for Journeying…Photo by Toni Roberts
released from our
rat-infested tenements…
from the
drugs
crime
grinding poverty
and
devastation
that has not abated since first they
dragged us
bound
and
chained
across the waters
to this
new world…
this new version of
hell
called
modern
western
civilization…

Grandfathers and Drum; Photo by Toni Roberts
and so…
in the noisy
crowded summer heat
of a Harlem park
we beat our drums
and dance our way
back home
to
Africa...
to the
Motherland…
to
Freedom…
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