Without and Within

by Ushanda io Elima

i a woman without country
Save this earth and beyond
I belong to no race
But Life's myriad forms
No community's mine
Save all who love Life

i-self have no-thing
and yet All is ours
no one fully knows I
still wholly I'm known
as no one am i
and I'm Everyone


From the Book:
Creation Fire: A Cafra Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry
by Ramabai Espinet (Editor), Ramabqi Espinet (Editor)


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