The Maasai and I

Your brown ear is pierced with the gap of a knife

Your black eyes twinkle with the life of a man

My wonder marks that of a white

Mine eyes wide with the awe of a women

Together we climbed

Brother and sister

The Maasai and I

We have seen a different picture

Your life in the sun kissed, deserty Savannah

Mine in the green hills of Appalachia

Yet together we climbed

Brother and sister

The Maasai and I

You stand, tall and high, with the Maasai

You love the blood of a bull, red and ripe

You, your father, mothers, brothers, sisters

In a land rich of tradition

Here I stand in the modernity of the West

Coupled by the simplicity of father

I love the bread of wheat and melted butter

Me, my father, Mama his only love, and their children

Yet together we climbed

Brother and sister

The Maasai and I

How we were brought together

Above the clouds, above the world

I do not know, a paradox – I know

Yet beautifully so

Together, climbing, encouraging

Hand in hand

Up the mountain climbed

The Maasai and I



A Dream, deep within

To surrender a precious dream is a fearful thing

A dream so beautiful, so wonderful

So mysterious

Causing human hearts to dance

To the rhythms of its music

Since the dawn of time

I held a dream, deep within

Hand in mine, mine in his

Climbing the peaks,

Picking wildflowers,

Tilling the land

Plucking the weeds

Drawing the sails

Riding into the sunset

A dream of hearts enmeshed

Hands locked, each finger entwined

Interrupted by young laughter

Wiggly little catalysts of life

Full of questions, “How hot is the sun?”

“What’s in the dark?”

I awoke harshly.

Cold sheets. Empty heart.

No hand near. No heartbeat other

Than that within

Let me dream, bring me back

Then suddenly I remembered

A peace deeper, a joy wider and

A grace fuller

My spirit overwhelmed, swept in awe

It caused my heart to dance wilder

The dream, from deep within

While yet mysterious, lovely and very good

Became a stinky pit, a slippery slope

In my dream I lost sight

Forgetting I AM

A comforting whisper, soft breeze

Piercing light awakened the spirit,

Shot through the bones,

“Today you are living. Today you find Life. Not in the distance of a dream

But in my Hands of Mercy.”

This reality, also a mystery, is so real

That one day all hearts will

Remember that dance

Stronger than earthy love.

~Anna  

2013

"To surrender a precious dream is a fearful thing, but to pursue anything but the full measure of the glory of God’s love is a wasted life.” –Joshua Eddy

"Let not your longings slay your appetite for living" - Elizabeth Elliot

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" - Jesus