Nikki Giovanni
Swaziland
I am old and need
to remember
you are young and need to learn
if I forget the words will you remember the music
I hear a drum speaking of a stream the path is crossing the stream the stream is
crossing the path which came first the drums ask the music is with the river
if we meet does it matter that I took the step toward you
the words ask are you fertile the music says let’s dance
I am old and need to remember you are young and want to learn let’s dance
together let’s dance
together
let’s
dance
together