I sat on the floor,
My bare fingers in the coal,
My nose close to the coal,
My lips blowing relentlessly
At the dimming flash of light
My fan flapping helplessly
To keep the glitter of fire bright
Mine was coal pot love.
So, there I sat on the floor
My wrist hurting with every flap
My knees against the dirty ground
Rubbing in the ashes all around
Till at last I heard a sound,
The crackling sound of fire!
Fire gathering under my coal!!!
Mine was coal pot love.
The fight took a lot of time,
It took a lot of energy
It cost me a goldmine
It cost me scars and bruises
But I knew it wasn`t just a fantasy
It was to me the only reality.
So when the flames danced
Amidst the blazing coals
I smiled…
…..Mine was coal pot love!
And then came the rest,
From the East and from the West
From the south and from the north,
Tell us, tell us what`s in that pot?
They did not know how I had toiled
To get the flame under my pot
And keep it burning all along
Look, Oh my!
The weirdest thing,
Such a pot we`ve never seen…
And come and see the soup she cooks
The sight alone will make you sick!
So before my soup is ready
Everyone is busily complaining
The soup is sour, the soup is bitter
Huh, the smell and oh the colour
Quench the fire and go to bed
What you`re cooking`s not worth the sweat.
And I blow even faster,
My fire is ablaze and I won`t let it die
For mine is coal pot love!
I did suffer to get it lit, but
Now the flames are high, the wind`s an ally!
So blow from the East and blow from the West,
Come what may my flames will stay
Cos i`ll watch over it to keep it alive
Come what may my flames will stay
Cos i`ll watch over it to keep it alive
No matter what it may take.
Yes, falling in love with you,
Dreaming of you and following you…
Has been to many the craziest thing to do
An African with an Asian dream!
An African in love with the Asian!
An African on an Asian path!
To them it’s impossible
But to me, it`s my coal pot love,
And I’ll fan till the flames rise high above
For on these flames will simmer
The tastiest soup the world will savour!!!
To all those who have a coal pot love, fan it till the
flames rise high !
AfriqAsia
Merge….
…..bridging the
gap,
Embracing the difference!!!
