Our Island

When you are in our island
Don't jostle our bamboos
Don't frighten our crocodiles
Don't scatter our stones.

When you are in our island
Don't go past the cloud
And for your cities' children
Pick up some shells
Go, let the wind dance
Let silence sing
Let the ocean dream

When you are in our island
Don't invade our village
Don't teach us your gospel
And leave our wise men their own image

When you are in our island
Let our seas, flowers and fish
Live their quiet life
As they would
In Robinson's time

by Roger KHA a Malagasy poet

From the Giancarlo Annunziata Guide