A Letter To My Godfather

I return my ungratefulness
for all your help and tenderness
that dwarf my potentials from incipient
and i here boast my lament

for you are the pilot of my lameness
a gift and a hope of darkness
the weather is now inclement
for my tall horns of incompetent

for all my walls are build with weakness
i should have known the gladness
of hard work, spend and be spent
but i trust in fig men for a tent

this is your legacy of unfruitfulness
for me to succeed after your likeness
but i reject you today and resillent
because in real world your name has no 
reverent
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Wesley Avatar
December 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM
How sad, such a feeling of loss; what started so brightly turned to disappointment.
Baity Avatar
September 19, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Another great write from you Mathias Yakubu..... enjoy reading your poems....keep em coming...smiles...chiquita
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