Hard Decision
Life longed in my youth
Longer than a century
Full of fortitude
Fortitude unbear
Masked with resilience
But reaping failure by day
Then comes a day
When stride took me all a lone
In steps of defeat
I walked royally into the clustered forest
Deepening deep; fetter by pains
Then i heard the gentle sound of the wind
Like though a virgin wind
It blows compassionately
Caressing the cardinals of the earth
And alternating
Singing in muttered voice
Suddenly i heard
The sound of a loosed gripe
Of four unripe mangoes that mysteriously failed
Each with tears
The plight of a dashed hope
Close to my feet
Which was already cold?
Defeated by what i couldn’t pull off yesterday
Sorrow had long remained my bride
Married in disguise; without love
Taking all i got
And all felt i wasn’t prepared to be
Married to the reborn myth
After all that was said about me
With my hands on my check
Tears dropping side by side
Flowing slowly wetting my sleeve
I said to my suicidal mind
You can do it!
You can turn every wrong to right!
Earn freedom and free others alike!
Like the words of Maya Angelou
I just did it right
Before i could knew it
Night failed without recourse
Fear loosen, courage summons
I turned as royally as i came
Cutting through the tick darkness with myth
And before the early cockcrow
All i lost was gained
And nothing to be sorrowful about
Copyright © Godwin Ibrahim | Year Posted 2017
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