Words In The Wind

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Aura Kawanzaruwa
Aurra Kawanzaruwa is an Educator, Futurist and Creative, running multiple successful businesses under her investment firm, the Aurra Nicole Group. She is also a seasoned, winning poet with over 10 years of performance time under her belt, touring countries like Germany and Norway to perform her work. In 2018, Aurra was awarded the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Women in Commerce Award in the Social Enterprise Category. In 2019 Africa Science Week (Next Einstein Forum & Purple Futures Trust) gave Aurra an Appreciation Award “In recognition of (her) outstanding work and with sincere appreciation for (her) tireless efforts in using science and technology for the betterment of society.

They travelled in the wind,
Words so sacred the earth could barely hold them,
Whispers echoing in ancient caves and secret dwelling places.
She breathes in.
The sun sinking into her skin,
Finding synergy with the light within as she radiates an eery wisdom akin to the God within.
“Listen.”
She said. Time and time again as if stuck in an endless loop because, they hardly did… listen.
For she spoke words they couldn’t begin to understand,
Finding reincarnation in stories echoed from generation to generation.
Until her gift became the stuff of legends.
For she is a spirit that has been present from the very beginning,
Traveling in the wind, until she finds someone willing,
To listen.
And as she turned to face the horizon,
She saw concrete standing in the place of mountains,
A roaming people, some of whom have forgotten where home is.
And things beyond the comprehension of those living in the moment.
She knew on those things it might be better to stay silent,
So, she turned her attention to the present,
And affirmed the strength of others who were too busy thinking to realize their own inner workings.
So they listened. And came out victorious,
Oblivious to the words unspoken that would one day find their way to another priestess.
Traveling in the wind,
Words so sacred the earth will one day know them.
And listen.

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