Ode to Ubuntu tree.

Ode to Ubuntu tree.

Aah beautiful weaved trellis

Of our journey of life.

Grounded in the sacred waters that flow under the Mother City.

Camissa

Sweet waters for all.

Aah our ancient common ancestor

The river that flows from thee!

Today Camissa holds all

In her soul

The Spirit of the San and Khoe

The strands of Africa

The indentured. The enslaved.

The oppressor and oppressed.

I pray to you Nokaphila

Spirit of Tree. Earth. Mountain. River. Ocean.

Fauna and Flora.

The great teacher of life.

Incomplete. Transitory.

Caught in an evolutionary arc.

Your arms reach to true home

That lies beyond the stars.

Your roots bless the many rivers and streams beneath Mother Earth.

You are the sentinel of our consciousness.

As I hold you

I feel you.

Your multi - centennial journey

Carries the memories of genocide.

Of times before and after.

We sit under your shade

And absorb your wisdom as we build the road to a new future.

I am humbled by your knowledge.

I am strengthened by your fortitude.

I pledge to protect the rights of all

To see the golden thread that unites us all

Into the Oneness of all that exists

In our ever expanding cosmos.