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A Paragon For Nigerian Youths

Like a cheetah that's a natural born sprinter Tobi Amusan is the world fastest female sprinter And like an American Quarter Horse Tobi Amusan has become a discourse Having proven to be the world best In Oregon's and Birmingham's contest The hurdler's emergence is certainly unsudden A lesson for he who with his ambition plays chicken Like every tree with a seed to bear a kind of fruit Every youth is challenged by this to be resolute If only we have a sense of acuteness Every man is created with a seed of greatness Whoever isn't resolute with his seed is a failure And a failure is always a lone creature Except your seed becomes a gigantic tree No one will come to you like they gather for apple bee Tobi Amusan has become a market of horny bee And a gigantic tree for everyone to come and see The kind of paragon every youth need to bear a good fruit Maybe by this they too can become resolute That in spite of our system that kills impetus Or the hurdle or detritus that life may bring to us Like Tobi Amusan, we too can glide over such To be congratulated like she whose records bear a good touch

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