Caribbean Mothersong 

 

Daughter, return to these islands.

Landing, honor the ancestors.

 

Remedy faith.

Recognize. Reflect. Repeat

the island's belief.

 

Balance nature, mind, body,

sacred twining roots heal the urban dweller.

 

Keep the traditions going.

 

Marshall praise, return to New York city

to teach this curative history.

(d'après l'essai critique de Gay Wilentz, Healing Narratives:
Women Writers Curing Cultural Dis-Ease,
Rutgers University Press, 2000, p. 58)

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