MANGO TREE

The Mango Tree

The mango tree, she

stands, so proud and tall;

reaching her branches out afar,

tempting our tongues with succulence,

needling us to pick up that stick and belt it

upwards reaching for the sky and bringing her offspring

down to earth where everyone scrambles to pick up and chew,

enjoying the fruit of this bounteous earth; she asks for nothing in

return for the gifts she chooses to give; us hungry young hearts and

greedy gastronomy; while she blesses the rain for her daily sustenance

and spreads out the shade for our own existence; do we thank her at least?

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2007