by Omoleye Omoruyi

 

Lazi’ful’ness minuses restitution, elders say

Miscarriage is a stepladder to triumph, speakers hammer

Looking back is an alleyway in a mistaken course, motivationals reiterate

Tripping blocks only defer the expedition towards the destined destination, I say

 

Destiny-attentive sentient beings hold on to focus

They might not cognize the destined path

Or the end of the tunnel from whence the sun vaunts from the East

But they believe in the clout of life’s camera

Which hazes but illustrates great greatness after hardwork

 

Inconsiderate self-destroyers only attach themselves to life-time defeat

With the ruckus that life holds no water

As it is, but a basket of optimisms and reveries.

Inconsiderate, because they don’t cogitate the possitivities

Inconsiderate, because life gives a brochure on how to touch the skies

 

Our people say: “The wise man makes you laugh at yourself”.

I say: “Yes! Laugh at yourself”.

But only after utilizing life’s camera.

Laugh at yourself, especially after you have or are planning to organize

Your brain box in such a way that you admire yourself.

 

Don’t fine-tune your wired focus towards the pessimisms of ‘inconsideracy’

Your impetus should stretch beyond the skies

The sky might not only be your limit

It can also end up to be your starting point

A starting point that brings unimaginable destinies at the tunnel-end.

 

Paths of unalike humans are but dissimilar

And so, voyage-paths different

Models exists, so do mentors, yet,

Personal brashness on an individual scale

Weighed with your acquired rule tape, are more accurate.

 

You might not understand what is being said

But a quicker and deeper look would shed more light

On the need to adjust your focus and attitude, independently, towards

The light at the end of the tunnel.

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