Dzina Lanu



Leza.
Chisumphi.
Namalenga.
Chauta.
Chiuta.
Mbona.
Mphambe.
Mangadzi.

These were your names

Before the time when you were prescribed
Before something more
common replaced you, Mulungu
Ancient.
Full of power and mystery

These were the names for the
times when we danced
When your daughters,
Makewana,
offered prayers for the masses
When the dust led us to you
The rains were a response to you,
evidence of you,
the joy of you

For you were not brought to us
Not transported across the seas
Not confounded to a single mind
But have always been here
Whispering in the wind

We’ve seen your evidence in the skies
Uta wa Leza
For you’ve always shined
We see your slow messengers
Birimankhwe
Carrying promises of hope for all kind

The first prints of time found on mountains wide
Dzalanyama
Kaphirintiwa
Where fire chased you from our side
Now in the heavens where you reside

Amayi Malawi, forever impacted by your hands of time
You are the one we know, the Divine
Public Health Professional and International Development Worker. RPCV & RPCRV Malawi 2013-2016

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