I Gotta Laugh So I Don'T Cry

When twist-and-turns, like narrow mount-roads, I face, When deaths of kith, like winds in fall, bring disgrace; When my cries, like waves of oceans, surge endless, I laugh, serving the orphan and the friendless...! Wealth gone, poverty dorn, when I'm in the pits, When shelter, in rain torrents, shatter to bits; Stitching, ad infinitum, old robes I wear, I laugh with the poor who laugh in loincloth bare...! When exhaustion and hurt feelings weigh me down, In floods of helplessness when I sadly drown; Grasping divine-drawn frail hands as lifebuoy, I laugh within forgetting every ennui...! Life is present presented to live the present, Accepting each good and evil heaven-sent; As farmers separate corns from hay and chaff, Keeping away grim facades, I loudly laugh...! 13 November 2022 Pick-A-Title, Vol 33 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh |