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THE BIG TREE (NIGERIA)

Let the ancient men wash their mouth
With a branch from this big tree
For their prophecies has been fulfill in reverse
For the Big tree produce big fruits they can't eat


They say it's the biggest tree in the black forest
Produce the highest number of fruits
Harbour big branches on his heavy shoulder
They say it's 58years old


Even as big as it is, it can't be use as shade
For the sun penetrate easily and hurt his roots for it can't protect is own
The tree that was prophecy to feed the forest
Is now been fed by the forest


His branches are big,
But yet are cut off by little birds
Even the few healthy and enjoyable fruits
Fall far from where the stem of where the tree stand while others feed on it


The newly sprouting branches are new hope
But they die even before been part of the tree
The root keep going deep but supply pain to the tree
The biggest tree is useless in the black forest


This tree was once young and feeble
The ancient men said as it grows old it will be stronger
But the older he grows the weaker it becomes
The big tree losses its healthy green leaves every seconds


Will this tree survive years to come?
For the tree enemy is the tree itself
For those who are to save the tree destroy it
For those who are to fertilize the tree are now weeds


The tree is a year older again
But just little has change
And the change is more pain
And the ancient men still give hope for a prophecy reversed.