C0C0NUT GROVES HAVE MEMORIES

C0C0NUT GROVES HAVE MEMORIES

Coconut groves have heard it all-

ancestral reverberations,

patriarchal grumbles,

maidenly giggles,

night meetings,

sly matings,

partings,

sighs,

sobs

Coconut groves have received it all-

affection of planting

love of watering

care of pruning

hope of ripening

pride of cropping

agony of felling

Coconut groves have seen it all-

life brimming around,

death stalking behind,

birth most welcome,

seeds nipped sterile,

death rudely forced.

Coconut groves have memories-

history in sweat and blood,

resistance defying death

candid muzzle of power,

betrayal at thirty coins,

loyalty at gun point,

martyrs

Placed at its vantage point

Coconut groves have lived it all.