Evil Days

'God forbid', Life permits!! When the pastors could no longer pastor When the preacher could no longer preach When the crusader could no longer crusade When the Evangelist could no longer evangelise When the dancers could no longer dance because Their legs were weak and dishonest with them When the doctors could no longer treat When the plane could no longer fly and we watch The ship sink into the ocean without any help When the journey is no longer sweet to further Mosquitoes and bedbugs suck more of our blood Hell becomes closer than before to us When the children are left naked and sinful When all the trees are crook and none is standing When the legs could no longer be raised When the sand becomes hotter and desperate to kill When the stream calls for soul to swallow When the oceans are more reddish and horrible When millions shall die at once in an ailment When the earth becomes mountain and no one could climb Can you still stand in sweet joy? Can you still tend the farmland? 'God forbid' but life permit, Life sometimes permit what God forbids. (C) John Chizoba Vincent