The Resurrection of Original Authenticity

[Baruti M. Kamau]

In 1987 I wrote a poem entitled "The Resurrection of Original Authenticity" that was published by the Southern Poetry Association in an anthology "Poems To Remember" copyright 1988.  I provide the poem below as a poetic description of why most African Americans convert or "revert" to Islam. Quality comments appreciated.
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The Resurrection of Original Authenticity
By Baruti M. Kamau

I have swum through the gullible waters of falseness,
looking for that unbreakable light to smash my darkness.
I searched and searched for my lost African identity;
until, I was smothered with my rediscovered authenticity.
Thus, I have learned that my ancestors religion was Islam,
and that it was beaten out of them by the European economic bomb.

I have learned that I cannot look forward to my posterity;
until, I look backwards to my ancestry.
And so, my religion - Christianity before,
my legal name Parrish Roshaun Jones - no more.
My religion and culture is forever Islam,
my legal name forever is Baruti Muhammad Kamau.
FREEDOM.   :D

[Ibro2g]

Oh My Allah....wooooooooooooooooooooow
wallahi I love this piece and it is amost perfect, iif not perfect at all. Thank u for ths post, u r indeed a master poet.






kanoonlione has the best teachers

[Fulanizzle]

EXELENTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRANDISIMO!!!!!!!! THATS SOMETHING UNIQUE UP IN HERE YALL!!!!!!
SALAM AND POEM VERY WELL DONE!!!

[Waziri]

Tis a gud one. Yes, it gives some pride when one discovers suddenly that he/she has some gud his-tory or her-story somewhere. Tis gud

[Baruti M. Kamau]

Thank you all for the wonderful comments.  I tried sharing some of my poetry with people @ Nigeria.com; however, I mostly received repulsive like comments.  But then again what can be expected from a website that consist of members who hate Muslims.  Fortunately, there was a good Muslim brother who saw my postings on Nigeria.com and referred me to Kanoonline.com.  He said that I'll more than likely receive a warm reception here.  He was right.  I'm back @ home.

Long live kanoonline.com  :D

Ramadhan Mubarak,