Poetic Verses
The Banana Cane
Oh!What has become of the banana cane
That golden colour my mind still retain
Clearly the type of attraction ran so deeply
Because it was always one chosen, yes certainly
Some would say perhaps the great juicy content
Or among the other it looked so elegant
That no matter the time of the day or hour
It was the one that everyone around prefer
My memory flashed back to the acres of the plantation
They have planted you through many generation
But as boys through those fields we have craft
From top to bottom created a path
Those rodent too had acquired the taste
And on those joints there gnaw marks are placed
As they make their move during nocturnal visits
This would cause many owners to get upset
My grandmother said that because of the war
Scarcity of food on life was sad damper
But that yellow soft cane was used for its juice
And this was the sweetener for the beverage
Some people could see from the growth formation
Used this to pinpoint the very position
So they would start reaping in earnest
Thus reducing the yield in the time of harvest
Even when there is that purchase at the factory
Now they have now become someone else's property
There will still be a person removing cane
As the conveyer is on the way to the crane
Then just like that one day you are gone
Today one cannot even fine a ratoon
There is no answer to this mystery
Your disappearance has touched many deeply
That golden colour my mind still retain
Clearly the type of attraction ran so deeply
Because it was always one chosen, yes certainly
Some would say perhaps the great juicy content
Or among the other it looked so elegant
That no matter the time of the day or hour
It was the one that everyone around prefer
My memory flashed back to the acres of the plantation
They have planted you through many generation
But as boys through those fields we have craft
From top to bottom created a path
Those rodent too had acquired the taste
And on those joints there gnaw marks are placed
As they make their move during nocturnal visits
This would cause many owners to get upset
My grandmother said that because of the war
Scarcity of food on life was sad damper
But that yellow soft cane was used for its juice
And this was the sweetener for the beverage
Some people could see from the growth formation
Used this to pinpoint the very position
So they would start reaping in earnest
Thus reducing the yield in the time of harvest
Even when there is that purchase at the factory
Now they have now become someone else's property
There will still be a person removing cane
As the conveyer is on the way to the crane
Then just like that one day you are gone
Today one cannot even fine a ratoon
There is no answer to this mystery
Your disappearance has touched many deeply
