To understand this poem, I recommend you first take a look at this: https://patheticwithpotential.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/a-great-day-africas-soul-on-display/
The colors dance on canvas
each a moment gem frozen
shards of our shared soul history shattered
and smeared on paper in vibrant hues,
greens, reds, blues and yellows
the dark brown paint ochre
of our bodies gleaming
our life written in a millions of words
then imbued with life
and made to dance in infinite silence
each moment a forgotten memory
an intimate scene undressed
as we peer at the mysteries and try,
striving, our hearts and minds struggling
to connect as we push against the veil of ignorance
to recapture our bound soul and by looking
free it,
setting the color alight to burn bright
within us
