under a baobab tree
dadanyo sits under a baobab tree
enjoying the cool of afternoon
when the sun stands overhead
one of these afternoons, mawuli, joins dadanyo under a baobab tree
greeting dadanyo,
mawuli asks her,
a week ago, the moon was bright with a dazzling shine,
and the night was as bright as daylight
may I know, where does the moon get its shine from?
says dadanyo to mawuli,
the moon has no light of its own
let me tell the story,
sun hangs up in the sky radiating its rays everywhere when it sees the moon passing by without even a tiny speckle of light
once the sun realizes moon has no light to shine,
sun tells the moon to chill
why? asked the moon
answered the sun,
b’cos I have more than enough light on my own of which
I can spare you some
so you can also shine
I care for your well-functioning
and I don’t want to dazzle around,
all alone
whatever brightness I possess,
you can share in it
this begins how the sun spares moon, some light
so the moon too can shine
from that day, the sun gives away light freely to the moon
in this way,
sun and moon shine to benefit humanity in many ways,
sons and daughters of this earth,
can barely fathom
mawuli then asks dadanyo, is there anything we can go away with, from the friendship sun and moon have kept, since?
says dadanyo, o yes,
if sun hadn’t come to spare some of its light to the moon,
moon might’ve remained,
gloomy and unhappy
rolling around
but the kindness of the sun makes both the sun and the moon shine,
one in the day
and the other at night
ever cooperating and never competing, since
serving everyone and everything in our planet
we can also learn from their friendship
sometimes I may be like the sun and sometimes you can also be like the moon
if I shine on you today
and tomorrow I become like the moon,
then it gives you a chance for you to shine on me if you’ve now also become like the sun
we know,
time changes and
situation alternates
some things don’t still
neither do some situations,
roll on and on without a pause
and if you shine on me,
when my glow dims
then like the sun and the moon,
we both shine
and together, we bask
in the bright and glow
so none of us may be dull
but all of us can light up and bright and shine and glow
answers mawuli,
I thank you dadanyo for telling me,
this friendship between the sun and the moon
I’m going to let this known to friends and anyone out there who may be listening
so we can emulate this friendship of reciprocity between sun and moon
without the sun’s kindness,
moon wouldn’t have been able to light our path in the dark
let me remind you,
says dadanyo,
their shine don’t benefit only them but everything below enjoys output of their friendship and
the harvest of their roles
says mawuli,
if friends understand this relationship and
anyone out there gets this,
like sun and the moon
we will shine on each other
so we can all bright and shine and glow
says dadanyo to mawuli, how good will it be if each can find a light in him and shine it on anext person standing close by?
or if each can find a sparkle in her and throws its glow on anext human standing far apart?
the whole earth will light up
and the whole world will shine
and the globe will bright
and our planet will glow
I’m grateful dadanyo,
says mawuli,
that you’re sitting under a baobab tree this afternoon
you’ve let me to search for a light inside me and shine it on others
so others too will shine the light inside them on others and
maybe one day,
when I need a shine,
someone, somewhere can also shine on me so I can glow,
like the sun and the moon
how tranquil a panorama,
when the sun is out,
and dadanyo,
sits under a baobab tree
with her ancient tales running in her mind
under a baobab tree
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