No Complaining, Please

 

 

From a prolonged heat wave

To this everyday rain

But I’ll tell you what,

You won’t hear me complain.

 

From raging high temperatures

To temperate days

And the nights are beautiful

In so many ways.

 

Less electricity usage

For the fans there’s little need,

Please do not complain

That would be ungrateful indeed.

 

Complaints galore

During the time of the heat,

Now you are getting the rain

No complaints, I repeat.

 

 

It was becoming a problem

With water levels running low,

Some reservoirs were almost empty

So severe was the blow.

 

It was a terrible drought

And the vegetation was brown

With the farmers praying

For the rain to come down.

 

Well, come down it has

So, please do not complain,

I am over the moon in happiness

Since the coming of the rain.

 

I am still bareback

Although I don’t need to be,

The rains have come in

And I am in my glee.

 

  

No “Rain-rain go away

And come back another day”,

No! “Rain-rain stay with us,

It’s so much better this way”.

 

Fill up the aquifers

And all of the reservoirs

And if I hear any complaints

That will mean war.

 

I know that for some people

Complaining is a fashion

But let praise and thanks to God

Become our passion.

 

It is He that gave us the sun

And also the rain,

So bajans, wherever you are,

Please do not complain.

 

Stewart Russell © October 31, 2020