The Island I Will Miss
The island I will miss and I will not forget
Even after my death
When I have nothing left
My memory lives on from sunset to sunset
As I leave this island and the people that I have adored
I will miss the radiance of my people and my land
I will not forget
I will not allow time to cloud my memory
And make remembrance faint and misty
I will not forget
The gorgeous nights
With stars all in sight
Twinkling
Winking
Stretching light through a velvet sky
That memory will never die
The island I will miss and I will not forget
Even after my death
When I have nothing left
My memory lives on from sunset to sunset
As my thoughts walk along avenues of years
The road down memory lane is covered with pale moonlight
But the asphalt shows me the way through
I will not forget
The gentle laughter of children flowing like breeze
The inviting and blooming hibiscus trees
I will not forget
The mornings filled with splendour
The beautiful painted evenings I shall remember
The gleaming of our days
The earth’s blooming green for which I am amazed
Quenched by the raindrops
With the bliss that never stops
The island I will miss and I will not forget
Even after my death
When I have nothing left
My memory lives on from sunset to sunset
The warm and cool seas
The glittering river of the splashing waves
The incalculable beauty of the Pitons
The inexhaustible warmth of the Sulphur Springs
I will not forget
The velvet mist of the mountains
The avalanche of streams like fountains
I will not forget
The great Diamond Falls
With all its jewellery for all
The incandescent splashes of waves hitting cliffs
The botanical sea garden of reefs
The fishermen casting their crochet nets
Seabirds in a Venn diagram forming subsets
The island I will miss and I will not forget
Even after my death
When I have nothing left
My memory lives on from sunset to sunset
The staring eyes of the poor
The greedy mouths of the rich
The sunshine of the giving
And the many faces as numerous as the stars
I will not forget
The diversity of races
With a conventional love that amalgamates us to these places
I will not forget
The several bronzed bodies
The shimmering eyes with glinting that will never cease
The light-hearted laughter
The gladsome air I will always remember
My memory is collected and stored in a golden basket
That memory lives on from sunset to sunset