I will always deeply love Mauritius.
My island lives over the sea
Can you see it floating over the ocean mist?
My island roots beneath a deepening lagoon
Can you see its veins streaking against the blue?
The tropical summer heats our feelings
But have you tasted the warmth of our winter?
At night our crickets sing symphonies
But have you heard of our morning songbirds?
I stay there, watching the sea
Feeling pensive and free
While the world around me
Blooms out beauties without compare
But NO! Stop! I had a vision…
That our world was dying
And through it all
I had to shut my eyes
To its decaying
The ocean dance in reflection
Hiding underneath an infection
The lagoon is filled of toxic seaweed
Where coral reefs stopped their breed
In my heart floats
Trillions of memories
Where I’ll remember;
Our red blood
Our blue sky
Our yellow sun
& the greenness
Of our fields
As within my heart
I’ll take the imageries
Of the most, beautiful
Island curve that stamps this world
And into my new dreams
I’ll cover the dunes
With the emerald sea
Of my beloved Mauri
Forever living inside terrariums
Made out from the foams
Of its tidal waves
As they gently
Kiss the shorelines
Of our beautiful island.
