I WILL NOT LET THEM FORGET YOUR NAME

I will go to the village pool

There where the echo is loudest

And on that hallowed serenity I will scream

Call out your names in rising decibels

I will remind them of who you were

Through song and dance

The village maidens might as well ululate

And in their painful wails all may decipher

They will trample on the red earth with their bare feet

And the copper rings on their legs will ring

Their tears like a river will flow 

The village elders with their backs arched with age

Will join in the fray even if hesitantly

Fighting away the tears of a man

The ones that they held back since you left

Sobbing together in unison

Our tears flowing into the still waters

Mixing our pain and our source of livelihood

To form a lasting memory

I will not let them forget your name.