It must be the water\u2026
\nThe elixir of the gods
\nClear, pristine
\nThat heaven-spun brew
\nThe gods drew
\nAnd poured into the Atlantic stream
\nCombined with the verdant green
\nThat created a people of
\nGlowing skin
\nButtery sheen
\nRadiating from within.
\nA purity
\nreflected in
\nAfrican
\nKalinago
\nMulatto
\nDiversified makeup
\nAn ancestry steeped in
\nA colored history;
\nGenetic mystery
\nTrapped in whispered dew that
\nPervades the coalescing mountains.<\/p>\n
It must be the water\u2026
\nThat nourishing
\nNurturing
\nSustaining element
\nRewarding
\nThe fertile soil
\nThe basket of all:
\nThey ate from Eden\u2019s bounty
\nEmanating an ethereal beauty
\nNatural
\nSpiritual
\nRich
\nLike the Caribbean sea
\nHotbed of diversity.<\/p>\n
It must be the water\u2026
\nAzure clarity
\nWaves of possibility
\nBorne out of the fertility
\nAnd probability
\nOf genetic fusions
\nWithout question
\nAn artistic expression
\nOf tonal manipulations
\nCreating facial features
\nThat flaunt
\nThe desire to want
\nFaces that impress
\nWith features of finesse
\nWhich I must confess
\nAre some of the best
\nSo I stand in awe
\nLooking at mal\u00e9w\u00e9 to bourgeois
\nNoting without par
\nThe poetic interpretations they inspire
\nHow could it be, I ponder
\nIt must be the water\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It must be the water\u2026 The elixir of the gods Clear, pristine That heaven-spun brew The gods drew And poured into the Atlantic stream Combined with the verdant green That created a people of Glowing skin Buttery sheen Radiating from…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":89562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n