rafiki melele

Came across this while I was cleaning out a closet a couple weeks ago.
I wrote it after our first trip to Africa, and it seems pretty appropriate for this stage in our life as well...
- - -

I never knew I could love like this

I've never wanted anything so madly

Africa has seized my heart -

But it seems she's always had me.

I read their letters every night

Til the pages are worn thin.

I weep til slumber overtakes me

And dreams of Africa begin.

Oh take me back to Africa -

To the dearest boys I know.

My heart has left already

And waits for my body to go.

Til I again cross that great divide -

The ocean in our way,

I beseech the Lord to watch my boys -

Protect and bless them every day.

RCP

11.17.09