My Land

My land is

A beautiful lady

Fondled by the hands of

The great sea

Whilst having a sunbath

My land has

Lovely banana trees

Waving as they welcome

You to come

To taste the green-fig and

The salt-fish in a dish

My land gives

Music like calypso

Reggae and the others

As joyful

As a fly you will be

With carnival around

In the air

My land smells

Like La Rose and like La

Maguerite festivals

And tastes

Like breadfruit, dasheen, yams

Guava and tamarind

That’s my land

A lady with all these

My land feels

The rapes and the murders

From all the criminals

Feeling the

Pain like an arrow through

Her strong cardiac walls

As killing

As a plague in her life

This lady