Ubuntu means I love you.
It was whispered on the platform, as I waited for a bus to come.
On a road I knew long ago.
By a school I once went to.
In a neighborhood I once lived in.
Ubuntu means I love you.
But I’m not really here.
It’s the purple school.
The one with the playground.
With the ball field.
There’s not really a bus stop here, in the middle of the road. Platform and all.
Ubuntu means I love you.
But what did you say?
What you mean to say in Ubuntu?
Papa that you speaking your tongues?
Ma, you there?
Ubuntu, what is this?
Ubuntu means I love you?
Who?
The bus comes and I get on, I ride a bus in this no where place that’s trying to be like I know.
But I not know this place, not really. I’m not really here.
No.
But I’ll ride this bus, this bus to Ubuntu.
Where I go?
I go to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu means I love you.
I ride a bus to love?
Is that where I head?
To love town?
Maybe a love shack.
Ok baby.
Ubuntu means I love you.
Maybe I’m not alone in this.
Maybe the way the sun is shining all high like that, it gives me a chance to shine high too?
Ubuntu. I like this word.
I take this with me, and I wake up.
I wake up with Ubuntu.
I taste it on my mouth and bring it with me.
Ubuntu means I love you.
An! An! An!
Waking from this dream, I looked up the meaning of Ubuntu. The definition is as follows. Truly so beautiful-
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'. It is often described as reminding us that 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.
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