My flag, my heart

Still blue, the indomitable

Boycotted and Booed

Bashed and buried

But still blue

Boughs broken but barren not yet

Bruised bosoms but still bears some milk

Ready to breastfeed its betrayers

Still blue, the indomitable

Its blue sea fed to the brim

From broken bottles to barrels of uranium

But still blue

Its borders bombarded

Its base set on blaze

With benzene borrowed from in and out

Still blue, the indomitable 

Never bow to all these blows

Bound you are to be one of the best

Remain blue it’s just a blink

Before you blossom AGAIN

Abdiwali Ali and Bile Mursal

Copyright 2011

African, Day and Night

In the company of the Earth,

I stand on my feet

Rooted in the deep dark Africa

Sun rises beaming, powerful

All corners, shining

Beautifully twisted in the metaphors of the day

In the company of the Sun,

I glow like torch

Lighted dark, illuminating ecstasy,

Incubating souls, procreating future

Brightening the shadow of the continent

The Sun, depicted in the mystery of the land

Gives birth to sons and heroes

In the company of heroes,

I scramble for the Right to live,

Struggle, Poverty, Aids, Colonialism,

All enshrined in my history,

Transcends to beleaguering future?

Heroes refute pessimism, 

Welcome Freedom!  

Abdiwali Ali 

Copyright 2011