🪶 Poetry · Voices of Cameroon
Different, Yet One
Vanjelis Ngwa
📍 Minneapolis, Minnesota
It's not the differences in the color of our eyes, hair, skin, or cultures that hinder us, but the myths in our hearts and minds which we must struggle to break free from.
Then can we see ourselves in our fellow brothers and sisters.
The battle is not won in the skies.
Not on land or in the seas.
Not in the mountains or in the valleys.
But in the heart where we let these "demons" thrive freely.
The same heart is the citadel of the infinite potential to love.
Here we have to win the battle;
Win it there! And unity will thrive like the sun, ready to shine its light upon all people.
Like the rain, ready to wash away the differences that hold us apart.
I see in you a reflection of me; we may look a little different, for such is the beauty of diversity, but we are one through the same spirit.
Vanjelis Ngwa
📍 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Winner of the 2007 Diversity Poetry Contest by Target & Dr. Maya Angelou. Influenced by global leaders who championed the oneness of humanity — from Nelson Mandela to Abraham Lincoln.
🪶 Poems by Vanjelis Ngwa