Oh What a Set

Oh! What a set
Why did they begin to change 
I can remember the first person I met Michael was his name 

Augustine Henry!! The principal would call 
Here I am!! Was always his response 
Why have your set decided to fall? 
Silence and confusion were his response. 

A set with great and noble men, 
But surrounded by uncertainties. 
A set with brave and prestigious men, 
Yet, they can't escape difficulties. 

SPACO! SPACO! I screamed, 
When will all this come to an end! 
Oh! I forgot I was talking to myself 
But I think I should ask again.

Now that we have parted ways, 
Would I be remembered for anything?? 
I wish I could go back to my old days,
At least, just to correct something. 

I can hear the walls speaking to me.
They speak in a voice so low. 
Can anyone hear what they're saying to me? 
Of course no! Their voices are so low. 

They speak words of love and encouragement. 
They speak sense into the deepest part of me. 
They speak good about my days in SPACO. 
They speak truth about my set. 

Yes! We came as strangers. 
Yes! We met as friends. 
Yes! We lived as brothers. 
Yes! We left as a family. 

My towel get soaked with tears, 
On a warm evening of reminisce on our old days. 
May God protect us throughout the years,
And give us the strength to run our race.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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May 24, 2020 at 2:42 PM
The poem is actually about my class in secondary school. We were faced with different problem or the other but finally joy came when we graduated and parted ways. Happy reading readers.
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