Shelter Shade Sustenance
I grew up
and knew that tree and every year twice sometimes three times a year I got
fruit from it. The occupants who lived there changed as often as the
seasonality of the mangoes, some not coinciding with the fruit. But this last
batch of tenants has taken what can be only described as an ungodly right that
should be treated as an unlawful and cut down the mango tree.
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Shelter Shade Sustenance Should be
against the law Hacking
down trees is a flaw Especially
if the trees bear fruit Lots
starving and they uproot Trees that
provide so much to eat Edible
pleasures like breadfruit meat Ripe mangoes
yellow up high Sugar
apple, sour sop and many other trees die Hundreds
fall so they can erect A housing
development but do they forget Doves,
sparrows, black birds and wild pigeons all Exist as
part of Mother Nature’s call So where
do they go when their homes are gone Unable to
find shelter from dust ‘til dawn So many
animals raise their babies There are
all kinds of God’s creatures depending on trees Ecology is
in balance when trees remain Naturally
growing and developers refrain And for
those home dwellers who are tired sweeping leaves No more
should they be allowed to be nature’s thieves Carrying
away trees that were here long before today’s men Eradicating
essential life, trees cut down. What’s next when? |
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