For everything you made me miss,
I now leave you, only to miss more.
For every creepy creature or man you challenged me with,
I found ten more creatures of beauty and love to make me forget.
You broke me, then you nurtured me,
Like a disease you became a part of me,
My love for you spread from my fingertips to my heart.
And now I must leave you,
As the African sun sets the sky on fire, my final good-bye
Is graced with a perfect sun set,
Followed by a perfect moon.
Ending with a perfect kiss, from a potential love,
That must go unknown.
One more ending,
One more new beginning, forever changed by what you gave me.
I thank you,
Mama Africa
