borne from the
stars, born to bloom and grow
rising from the ashes of strife and struggle
with determination
and love embodied
in the hearts!
skin – a tapestry of our journeys,
a roadmap of our stories
and our scars
we navigate the waves of life
with grace
and legs-
carved from the stones
of our ancestors
like the roots of a mighty oak
anchoring us to the earth
yet soar like the wings
of an eagle
unafraid to explore the
world beyond.
with hearts-
vast oceans of empathy
and love open and honest, pure and true
beats with the rhythm of life itself
forging bonds of kinship and hope!
Ruvimbo Martha Jeche is a bilingual poet and writer passionate about preserving her native language, Shona. She co-authored Jongwe neSheche (2022) and Kuchema nekunakirwa (2024) with Nelson Mutongi. Ruvimbo has contributed to anthologies such as Dear Married Man, Tesserae: a mosaic of poem by Zimbabwean women (Carnelian Heart Publishing, 2023), and Speaking Truth to Power Poetry Anthology (International Human Rights Arts Festival, 2023). She is also featured in the Newsday and the Standard courtesy of Gourd of Consciousness Poetry, the Labila Magazine (Zambia) and the Nation Paper (Malawi).