Jamaica Will Always Be My Island Paradise
In a land far away that isn't my home
I'm awakened by a beautiful symphony
The mournful sounds of the wind as it passes vigorously through the trees
And the answering rustling of the leaves
It shares my sadness on this Day
A wondrous sound, though it may be
It fills me with nostalgia
For the sound and taste of my Island home
Of those lazy Days of Summer's old
Of meandering rivers filled to overflowing
That reaches across and down the rocky hillside to Sally spring
Of muddy banks where janga and mudfish hides
To the deep rocky riverbed of plunkit hole
That flows and wraps itself around
And through open fields of long blade grass
With maywah trees protecting its banks
The tasty sweet pea-like pods that wash downstream
Its name long ago, forgotten
Women washing clothes by hand on the banks
And laughter and voices of Children at play
As naked they yelled and frolicked noisily
Out in the open along the stream
Where wild flowers of yellow, pink and white
Poppies of red spring into colors amidst Cow-itch too
Where jackfruit, rose apple and neesberry grew
And beneath the soil yam and cassava hid
And breadfruit hang heavy from branches overhead
Where oranges and grapefruit lined green fields
The smell of the summer rose and hibiscus in bloom
And the bumblebee buzzing 'round
Of catching butterflies fluttering past
I long for the feel of the trade winds
That blew my frock around skinny ankles
And often signaled the coming rain
I long to turn laughing eyes towards the blue-grey of the Mountains
That kissed deep blue skies
How I long for the smell and sounds that rush through my memories
As I listen at Nights to the cricket and grasshoppers as they sang
And to see the peenie wally shining in the night skies
My eyes again drowsy with sleep
I snuggle down amidst crisp handmade sheets
The smell tickling my nose
I'm reluctant to get out of bed this Day
I'm nostalgic for my Island home so far away
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