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BEAUTY IN SHACKLES

Beautiful & glittering
Polished & refined

Quintessential; eloquent
Like gold having smelt the flames

Like a newly hatched chick
Velvet furs and bright eyes

Eyes with a view into tomorrow
Beaks sharp enough to till

Claws strong enough to scratch
An heart well vascularized

Too perfect for this world
Too radiant to be dulled

To sharp not to pierce
But yet this beauty I see trapped in a den

I see his predator looking innocent
He offers friendship even to his prey

He offers him cake
And tells him not to till

He gives him warmth
And so this prey forgets he has furs

He even devises a ladder
One which he tags a promotion scale

He beckons him to labour harder each day
Because his auditors come to appraise

He fuels his zeal with money
Just a tiny bit from the lot this prey' harvested

He gingers him to be the presido
The very Oga of every other prey

This beauty therefore neglects ALL
His life, health, and his Vision

Each day I see him run to his den by 5am
He says TGIF when he' finally freed

He aspires to clock 30years
30years of slavery; 30years in shackles

30 because he' heard there's a pension after
Pension- Crumbs every month from the loaf he baked

Hmm!!! This beautiful slavery I see
A man loosing his life to live another

A man sweating blood to appease another
A man back-stabbing his individuality

A man scared to chart his own course
A man loving chains, just because freedom looks dark

I wail as I ponder
I shed tears as I write

But may these chains not last forever
May this courage come to live my life

May this chick remember its beauty
Its claws, beak and feather

That it came complete
Perfect and able to till, harvest and feed others

That it came to be the Boss
And not a slave of money

May this COURAGE truly come

I stand to live my Life- my VISION

...SamInspires...

UNLEASHED: @OP
You write up will give readers series of headache. For you, I see writing as a waste of time and it's better you realise it now than later.
I'm not discouraging, it's an advice.

must you be this foul-mouthed? If you have nothing constructive to say, must you waste your blood typing thrash. Go n sleep abeg.

It's all fallen apart;
The stack of cards finally gone down;
Above it was, beneath it now is

Hmm, that which took time to stand, is falling apart


A river which once ran its course; now stagnant;
A fissure between the rock;
A crater amidst the mountain

Hmm, that which took strength to adhere, is tearing apart


Lava pouring from its melting;
Gas from this solid now fills the air;
That cool rock now sends out heat

Hmm, that which took time to stand, is falling apart



That which was sealed amidst the world;
That knitted in the world's presence;
Before that same world, it now looses its grip

Hmm, that which took strength to adhere, is tearing apart



With joy it once dined;
With strength it once vanquished every foe;
With love it brought forth seeds

Hmm, that which took time to stand, is falling apart



But those walls felt so smooth;
That heart pumped; forever and ever;
That marriage shone utopia

Hmm, that which took strength to adhere, is tearing apart



But those cracks on the wall looked obvious;
The stagnant river sure sent forth ammonia;
It was definitely perceptible; the heat from the rock

Hmm, that which took time to stand, is falling apart



But now the olives have gone wild;
Now the seeds stand against each other;
Now the root has lost firmness

Hmm, that which took strength to adhere, is tearing apart



Now the pillars stand trepid;
Now that joy tastes insipid;
Now the hearts wants a split

Hmm, that which took time to stand, is falling apart



Could this crater ever seal?
Could this river ever flow again?
Could this river taste utopia once more?


Could strength return to those limbs?
Could sight be dished to the blind once more?
Could this marriage stand again?



But I dare say,
Let the hearts co-join once again;
Let the seeds see no difference;
Let the river infuse currents like it once did

And that which took strength to adhere, would stand again



Let the swords be drawn again;
Let the foes feel its blade like before;
And let that marriage simply marry once again

And that which took time to stand, would definitely stand again


"Every marriage can work! So I believe"
...SamInspires...

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