Ashville

 

 

Welcome to Ashville!

It’s much better than hell,

I have this on good account

As I hear Vincentians tell.

 

Ours is a little ash

Compared to their plight

And if we have poor visibility

They have no sight.

 

Barbados is now Ashville

But St. Vincent is hell,

Spare them a thought and prayer

When you hear them yell.

 

 

I would rather live here

Than to be residing there,

Though ours is frustration

Theirs is ongoing fear.

 

Fear of the unknown

Then again all of us are

But theirs, for the moment,

Is greater by far.

 

So, when you see the ash

Spare a thought for Vincy,

They have it up to their necks

While over ash Baje worry.

 

I tell you, in our case

We ought not to complain,

Compared to our ashfall

St. Vincent’s is insane.

 

Which would you rather

The ash or the volcano

Or, like our Caribbean brothers,

Ash and pyroclastic flow?

 

 

Add to all this

The fallout from COVID-19

And I tell you my fellow Bajans

Theirs is a horrid scene.

 

Ashville or St. Vincent

Which would you prefer?

I am sure this is a question

You would never defer.

 

So, welcome to Ashville!

That’s the Barbadian scene

But down there in St. Vincent,

La Soufriere is mean.

 

Let’s lift them up in prayer

Prayer from the heart

And any assistance we can render

Let’s do our part.

 

Stewart Russell © April 14, 2021