lifelong lessons
The case seems closed indeed You who refused to give heed Is now faced upfront with need And helpless like a withering seed Once confident, now in your shadows Time to read, you strolled instead in the meadow* For study, you took rather a bed below Now reckoning nears like a farmer’s sow From the store full of nothing Remembrance brings not a thing Pained and helpless like a stone less sling Your case, not a solution […]
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Stranger than fiction Is the concept of failure When all that led to it Is a sure dint* of hard work Marrow-deep is the pain When after long days of toil All that fills our barns Are no better than the rewards of a sloth* ‘Incomprehensible’ is the word That does best describe A result that negates All premise* that led to it How best can it be explained If the universal principle of ‘Sow and Reap’ […]
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Born as a plain slate All writings are ours to do The path we tread alone Is the one we choose to Who sees a man to succeed That deems it fit to slumber, To lie in indolence before duty And expects him to rise aloft? None, called and skilled Lives to transcend heights When he leaves the clear path Choosing to run in the mud It hits a straight point That he that’s given all to […]
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Many times we struggle unopposed Life is full of struggles and As we live, struggles are inevitable* We want to overcome Yet we are wont to give up We want to succeed But we still bargain with failure We get to cross roads Speculating*, weighing facts and figures But the fact is this- Fears that veil the truth Thoughts that cloud our vision Actions that negate our hope Doctrines that disable faith […]
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SUICIDE STORY It was my first time in the International School Ibadan (ISI). I went in the company of the Ibadan Vasity Christian Union Postgraduate Fellowship (IVCU-PGF) as a visiting senior friend. These young ones were excited to see us and as part of their agenda, they had series of questions to ask. I heard different funny questions but two questions forced me to tell one of my life’s story. The one question centred on music and the other on […]
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