The Speech by Kilufya Marie (Malaika)

I shot an arrow in the air

I didn't know where it will fall on earth,

Because so quickly it was in the universe,

sound remains as engraved.

The sight could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song in the air,

I did not know where it will fall on on earth,

For he who has a keen and good ear.

Will follow and take advantage of the ringing flight.

Well, much later in a protected tree,

I found the arrow still unbroken,

and the song, from the beginning to its destiny

I found it in the heart of a friend

This planted seed must be judged and weighed.

Because once rooted,

it cannot be uprooted.