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Today's Enemy

Quote Prompt: "How is it so easy for you to be kind to people?" he asked... Milk and honey dripped from my lips and I answered, "cause people have not been kind to me." -rupi kaur 




Life is fire, in every step it ember I step,
I've been rejected, I've been shunned;
Life put me in abyssal of darkness.

Life is honey life is sweet,
the sweetness of life you crave for.
One can ever make whole world love one,
but with my act, I crave for world's recognition.
Today’s enemy might be tomorrow's friend.

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Elizabeth Kinch

Date: 4/17/2017 7:21:00 AM

Great poem Afolabi, this is definitely a seven. Love the last line. Loving ourselves is the greatest gift and then extending that love to others will get you that recognition.

Elaine George

Date: 12/10/2016 7:37:00 AM

Life is surely a journey of roses and thorns. We could not possibly appreciate the real beauty of the rose without first experiencing the pain inflicted by the thorn. Great writing, Afolabi.

Richard Nnoli

Date: 11/30/2016 8:52:00 AM

This is a heck of a pure truth! I can relate to this poem bro! Nice one richard Nnoli

Alexis Y.

Date: 11/21/2016 5:25:00 PM

Hi AM, I enjoyed this piece and it's message. "Today’s enemy might be tomorrow's friend". Well done. Congrats on your win:-)Alexis

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/21/2016 5:17:00 PM

Very nice and I love that last part, today's enemy might be tomorrow's friend. That is so true.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/21/2016 4:01:00 PM

Enjoyed reading your work..Well, when one is mistreated in whatever way that it takes form one has a choice of repaying with kindness or with evil...The choice is always there..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 11/21/2016 8:00:00 AM

Profound poem with a powerful message my friend, Afolabi!

Duke Beaufort

Date: 11/21/2016 5:41:00 AM

Yes it does help us to know what it feels like to be mistreated and to understand the lack of fairness in our society when we have felt it first hand. Only then can we have a sense of what is kindness and how it can be used to bring about change. There is no empathy in our current leadership as far as I can tell. Only reflection of the egotistic self. A bit scary. But there are a lot of good people who will try to make the world a better place and do it peacefully. Be well.

Cheryl Hoffman

Date: 11/19/2016 7:37:00 PM

Congrats on a great poem with a great message!:)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 11/19/2016 10:51:00 AM

Congrats my friend, a good message.

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 11/19/2016 4:00:00 AM

Congrats Afolabi, for your WIN with this fine piece!! ;-)

Joanna Daniel

Date: 11/19/2016 12:04:00 AM

Great write, Afolabi:) congratulations:)

Anu Nayak

Date: 11/18/2016 12:02:00 PM

wow! there is a great hope here Afolabi that today's enemy might be tomorrow's friend! yes i agree it will be but we ought to spread sweetness by tuning our perception towards foes and forgive , congrats on your sweet win!// Anu:)

Afolabi Muideen
Date: 11/21/2016 6:01:00 PM