Oluwafemi Ojambati

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It was the planting season of the year
We planted fruits all around the compound
No one cared about which was here or there
We only ensured that we planted on good ground
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Green Oranges

It was the planting season of the year
We planted fruits all around the compound
No one cared about which was here or there
We only ensured that we planted on good ground

New seasons came and years passed
The bananas, pawpaws and mangoes brought out fruits, really sweet ones
Those good old days of feasting on these fruits I really missed
So good to eat fresh and natural fruits, not just a few but in tons

Out of all fruits, orange is our favourite
And we anxiously waited for the fruits of the big orange tree, booming on the south
I know what you're thinking, 'oh, it didn't bring out fruit', right?
Oh, no. there were fruits but they were not attractive to the mouth

'When are you fruits going to be ripe? ' I heard mother speak to the weird orange fruits
'Never! ' the fruits would answer, if they could
'Green is for the leave and we like to cleave to green'
So everyone thought the oranges were not good

We all left the fruits untouched until one morning
My brother looked at the oranges and said, 'I will eat you this orange, whether you are ripe or not',
He purposely ate the 'unedible' fruit from the big for nothing tree, ignoring any warning
Surprisingly, the oranges tasted really sweet and that morning, we ate a lot

The orange tree, useless as we first thought, became a point of attraction
In the cool of the evening, we would sit under the tree and eat the green oranges to our satisfaction
Oh, I haven't tasted oranges with such a sweet juice
Who would have thought our strange orange tree would be to such a delightful use

An idiom says 'Don't judge a book by its cover '
The story of the orange tree restates the idiom and the message is the same
The orange's colour or cover of the book might be like a man's nationality, background, religion or race
A person is not defined by these things; there is more to discover

But wait, why should we judge anybody for any reason whatsoever?
All green oranges are not unripe, just as not all swans are white, so we've learnt
People are not all the same and that is absolutely correct
Discover, explore and get to know people without any prejudice

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