“Clenching Certainty” a poem by Ben Bussewitz

Clenching Certainty

    poem written by Ben Bussewitz

in ancient ruins, speculations of musings,

it’s the twenty-first century,

and 220,000 years since the dawn of humanity,

in Ethiopia where a vagrant look

at the elements to persevere throughout

brought a spirit of optimism

for the fertile seed of her offspring.

where did they go?

in hurdles of hope

stretched out across all time,

ripped from her in her prime,

the eerie sand dunes prying,

her thoughts alive and vivacious take hold

through the spirit of where to go

and her spirit still lingers on,

where my love and my locks belong.