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I Am Not An Outcast

I came from a village
Very fortunate to have attended college
He came from a cottage
Got lost on his quest to finding courage
I need not waste time for I have no future leverage

 During the busy day when both the minute and the hour arm of the clock
Fell on each other at the very top of the clock
Signaling the day in its half
When the sun becomes shinny and unfriendly
They sat in the class all catchy and quietly

 

Seeking to decipher the key to unlock the answers
to scientific formulae and mathematical equations
 I walked bare footed with a single arm shirt hanging to my west
With a  very flat stomach as though I have smelled no food in the years past

 
My skin pays no more attention to the burning sun
For they now look like father and son
I travel from one town to another

Looking for what? 

you will wonder my brother
People stared at me and wonder
Most people think of me as a thief
But those who knew me look at me in grief

I am no thief nor mad
I am only a boy who is grieved and sad
Searching for a way to making my future glow and my progeny glad
I am the scavenger of the waste metallic materials called scrap

I am not solving scientific formulae and mathematical equations
I am seeking the key to unlock my future from the shackles of poverty*
My palms are all callused and nails fractured
My teeth lost its purity for it knows no tooth brush in a while

My beautiful toning black African colour left without notice
My youthful smile gave way to a sadden old age
But I was brimming in determination to succeed
I shook off my lethargy and fought on all odds
I walked, scratched and bled just to work

Most people said I am  useless and or mad
But I was just a hard working lad

Working so hard to see myself through education
So to you I say, see me not as destruction
For all I need is your kind word of motivation
And do show to me the right direction
So that I may be among the beautiful generation
In contributing my quota to building the nation

That is all I ask, I plea thee

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