Malidoma Patrice Somé – January 30,1956  –  December 9, 2021 

Del agua y el espíritu. Cubierta de Audio de Malidoma Patrice Somé

January 30,1956  –  December 9, 2021 

©2021 Alice Walker

Between us there was instant recognition
and understanding. That continues:
For instance,
why this must be the photo of you gracing
this home page.  Nothing else would stick. Not announcement
of your leave taking; your heading back to Dano,
not your nifty outfit in which you look so cheerful.
Maybe it has to be this photo that captures
my delight at first  listen
to your recorded wisdom.  So true, unusual,
so profound. I slept with the music
of ancestral ways and thoughts
completely unknown to me. And in your voice.
A sound I had assumed the centuries
apart
had erased.
Rest then in well done.  Our brave and persistent
soldier: of compassion, wonder, mystery, amazement.
We are so grateful that though as a country
we are a scary lot
Still, you dressed yourself beautifully
as if for celebration, or sacrifice,
and came to us. ~aw

 Del agua y el espíritu. Cubierta de Audio de Malidoma Patrice Somé

30 de enero, 1956- 9 de diciembre de 2021

©2021 Alice Walker

Entre nosotros hubo inmediatas identificación
y comprensión. Eso continúa:
por ejemplo,
por qué esta debe ser la foto tuya honrando
esta página. Ninguna otra cosa ajustaría. Ni anuncio
de tu partida; tu retorno de vuelta a Dano,
ni tu llamativa vestimenta con la que te ves tan alegre.
Quizá tiene que ser esta foto que capta
mi placer al escuchar por primera vez
tu sabiduría grabada. Tan verdadera, tan inusual,
tan profunda. Me dormí con la música.