A Paradoxical Paradise

I see aquamarine seas reaching out endlessly to touch sloping azure skies; kissed by dazzling sunshine that caresses the lush ever green coastline

I see vessels of all sizes and dimensions bobbing along aimlessly in the distant waters of a mirror calm shore line

I see twin peaks majestically reaching to the skies  commanding their space as if locked in an eternal bond like true brothers, sons of the  mother earth

I see gawking tourists; mind stopped for an instant in total stillness at such astounding beauty and natural abundance

I see sprawling architecture, signatures of true wealth and opulence; expensive automobiles driven by the privileged; passenger by beautiful ladies decked out in designer attire

I look again...Now! what do I see?

I see shanty towns dotted with mere one bedroom huts 

Dwelling as many as six as they sit around the family pot

I see children in patched trousers run around in boisterous merriment happily embracing life as they toss a jolly game of bat and ball

I see bare bottom toddlers mindlessly bawling from pangs of overdue hunger as worried mothers ponder from where will the next meal be delivered

I see labouring fathers flexing shoulders to the wheel; in deep anticipation that his day's effort will supply the family meal

Yes I see the the contrast that brings a rhythmic merging to

this smorgasbord of activity and color that is the true signature of  this paradoxical paradise a definite sunshine treasure