Word by Ribka Sibhatu

Holy Word

inscrutable essence

land of the foreign

wandering woman!

Touch the daughter

who walks between

shadow and light,

courage and fear.

Play melodies

that shape

the world

to which she belongs.

Speak words that

emit a fragrance

and carry the soul

through time and space.

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