THE BOABAB

The great baobab tree that stands
Upside down,
down up all the way round
Leaves rich with vitamin C
As pronounced as can be
Stand ugly yet so beautiful
Caterpillar infested,
Bats nested.

The great baobab tree
Many roots for a plant,
many planting roots
So beautiful yet stand so ugly
Transplanted to England in the 16th century
Died out and your seedlings still in the nursery
Africa was your only root
Even when you traveled good

The mysterious Baobab tree
Slow to grow but thrives in weed
The traveling bees make holes in your stem
Promise you honey in the next realm
Perforated hope
Sapping visions
Known to be the largest succulent tree
Yet you stand dead, dry as can be

This is a cry by a little bird from the village
Who nestled and feed in your embrace
From mothers peak to first plumage

That arise for you are its heritage

REMINISCE

I wanna love like it's 1999
Pre-Y2K, no "bugging"
Teen love that mean love

I wanna feel like it's 1995
Repatriating back to Ghana
First time I felt mother Africa

I wanna play like it's 1998
Young heart legs full of pace
No wages yet food on my plate

I wanna go back to the days
Late 80s, 90s and mostly 2008
Where we ate and still had the cake

I wanna go anti-clockwise
Take time back, just unwind
Reminisce one day at a time

MAPPING

I ain't bargaining
I'm window shopping
Examining price tags
So I ask, what your price at?
You really worth the trolley?
The push and pull to the car lot?
I ain't down with the promo
All I'm out looking for is the Logo
Cut the marketing this ain't a freak show

Good things need no advertising
That's what mum says
But a good meal can still do with seasoning
That's what the chef says
So I'm cooking up a storm in a tea cup
But you keep putting your umbrella up
What's up?
I ain't good with games and moves
I have been stuck on Mario Nintendo, so I refuse
To duck, slide shoot and miss...

So I wanna learn your heart
And recite it back to you by....heart
All I'm getting is bitter spleen bile
We can go the distance with this
Let's (w)rap this up 8 mile
First lets work with the numbers
32-24-32 and I don't mean your dimension
But I forgot to mention
I'm only asking for direction!