He walked away from hand and drum, from where the we was always one

He drank to drown the voice inside, but lost the truth he used to guide

The calabash once full of grace, now hides a man who’s lost his place

He broke the bond, he broke the beat 

Ubuntu faded in retreat

A Drink Too deep

Of earth and ember, 

silence and storm

From dark, she rises 

not alone, but with us all

She is the new face of us.

Made of many

She rose from ashes, not as smoke, but flame

The past clings to her skin, but cannot dim her light

Alone, yet born of many 

She walks forward, carrying us all

Born of flame, A new face of us

Fire From ashes

She is more than one.

She is memory, movement, and becoming.

Shaped by pain, lifted by love 

she is the new face of us

Ubuntu lives in her gaze

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