Growing together [a reblogged poem by Ben Munyao]

WHEN THE EARTH SPEAKS IN ONE VOICE
Before we named the countries,
before we drew our borders in ink,
before we taught the child
that one river belonged to this people
and another river to those—
the earth was already one.

The wind did not need a passport.
The rain did not ask for a nationality.
The moon rose above palaces and […]

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For more writing by Ben:

• read his articles at https://growing-the-future.org/
• visit his blog https://benmunyacom.wordpress.com/
• buy his book One step through the fire (highly recommended, review coming!)

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