Baharally Singh

Your love was so big Your love was too big You were sick You had a wife You took your life You took your life The life you gave The life you took The lives you stole The lives you stole Your name Your pain Your name Your shame Your blame I know your name The place The colour of your face Your size 3 shoes Your outcast blues Your name The place The colour of your face Your size 3 shoes Your outcast blues Edith, Joseph Vernon, Babs I say your names My history My legacy Our history Our legacy Love and lies Love survives Like the phoenix From the ashes We emerge hopeful Defiant Free From nowhere From nothing Then the rain A little rain Is soon a monsoon Drops turn to trickle To stream to river Into the Potaro To the mighty Kaieteur Waterfall Water falls To the Essequibo To your Demerara, Sugar We find relief We find relief In a river of tears A cascade of grief We find relief We find release