<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Palmist's Prediction</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pardon me beloved, for me<br>Words don’t fall with ease like leaves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yesterday you were<br>A cob of maize on its stalk unripened<br>Waited upon to ripen by the farmer and the birds<br>By Jove! O my! Brought low by stem borers<br>Hopes shattered! Bury Yesterday<br>Utilize the balls in the socket<br>Onward Christian soldier.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today you are<br>Some fresh cotton balls - the weaverbird’s toy<br>Tortured on the loom to be an ornament<br>For the dresser and the nude<br>Take the strain with ease<br>Launch an offensive against your adversaries<br>Onward Christian soldier.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tomorrow you will be<br>A palm tree adorned with spiky pistil-celled fruits<br>Palm oil, kernel, wine and gray squirrels<br>Your long straight trunk would be a bridge to cross turbulent seas<br>Your fronds, a broom to rid the world of filth<br>The tallest, most resourceful, a strength unbent by winds<br>A lighthouse and tower of refuge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Onward Christian soldier<br>Draw from your boundless armory<br>There is an unrepentant believer at your tail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Olu%27kayode+Gbadamosi">Olu'kayode Gbadamosi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577651" data-title="The Palmist's Prediction de Olu'kayode Gbadamosi" data-description="Pardon me beloved, for me Words don’t fall with ease like leaves Yesterday you were A cob of maize on its stalk unripened Waited upon to ripen by the farmer and the birds By Jove! O my! Brought low by stem borers Hopes shattered! Bury Yesterday..."></div> </div> </div>

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