Strong and majestic he sits <br />in the marketplace on Ewusi Street <br />where I played at six <br />watching merchants ply their treats. <br /> <br />Pots and potteries! <br />They cry out. <br />Beads and bracelets <br />Stop and buy! <br /> <br />Love potion <br />for your portion; <br />charms for your foe <br />come in tow. <br /> <br />Decades have lapsed <br />since I was six <br />on Ewusi Street, he still sits <br />slightly bent but majestic still. <br /> <br />Climbing him are new six <br />Sitting on those mighty limbs <br />that offered solace <br />when I was six.<br /><br />Birgitta Heikka<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-old-iroko-tree/
