We all have a signature tune –What is yours?

My signature tune

Will make you stomp your feet

Maybe

Like my ancestors

Stomped theirs

Around the fire

Marrying

The last rays of the sun

With the first rays in the morning

Chasing away

The winter cold

Before the colonisers came

And made us scramble and flee

Hundreds of years passed

And I can sing my song freely

Jumbled the words

But never

The stomp of my feet

Failing

My signature tune

Will make you bob your head

Maybe

Like my ancestors

Moved theirs

Around the temples

Marrying

The first mists of the evening

With the last mists of the morning

Before the colonists came

And made some of them leave freedom for hard labour

Decades passed

And I can sing my song freely

Messy the voice

But never

The rhythm of my soul

Failing

My signature tune

Will make you move with love

Maybe

Like you always have

Jigging along

In every place

Marrying

Night and day

Every season

Before life became a strain

Each day goes along

I can sing my song freely

Mixed-up ideas

But never

In seeking pleasure

Failing

By Simone B. Naik Noemdoe, triggered by a documentary about the old Mills and Boons which is alive and kicking! 2012-05-01.