One circumstance I resent being stuck in is
Idleness.

Ever since I have tasted the thrill of
Converting my value (educational +emotional quotient) and
Time
To hard cash,
Its difficult to stomach time wastage nowadays -
Unless it is spent with
People (they’re the best investment)

In class,
I was reminded how idleness breed humanity’s inclination to vice.
Idleness is equivalent to
Unemployment.
In any country where the unemployment rate is low,
Crime rate soars.
I find that so true to our personal-government.

When our gifts and talents are left alone for too long
It’s like still water that breeds mosquitoes
And long enough later,
Dengue and malaria hit your neighbourhood
People actually suffer our ignorance of using our capabilities.


Play is downright fun.
But overrated fun isn’t fun at all
When we miss out on the exhilaration and fulfillment
Of what good people could have enjoyed
Of what good we can enjoy
When we choose to
Simply use what we have
And give what we can
Only then
What we have can be multiplied

But they’re just the toppings on your ice cream.

Without a strong base
Jack of all trades,
Masters of all skills,
All will end up like Humpty Dumpty
Who toppled from the wall
And crashed into the ground

Smashing his life into useless smithereens

I was hospitalized dawn of Wednesday
For a stomach viral infection
Was throwing up every fifteen minutes
It was too much that I thought I was gonna puke my stomach out.

I slept so much Thursday didn’t seem to exist at all.

But here I am,
Still a little down (physically)
But not out.

Today’s meeting was phenomenal,
Honestly,
I didn’t think I could hold it
Because I couldn’t even sit up before the meeting

But faithful is he.

I was weak,
Weaker than I have ever felt
But he was mighty strong

It was refreshing
To see all the girls and guys
Swarming into the house
My voice was croaky
But their enthusiasm overpowered all.

Felicia, Kelly and Munteng
Made a get-well card to cheer me up
Thank you girls!
Your love perked me up loads.

The rest prayed for me after the meeting

It’s all worthwhile.

I visualize
I dream
I imagine
I believe
I confess
I rehearse
I act on it
I receive

Thank you for giving me
The key to your world
Where all things are possible
Where there’s nothing you cannot do
Where I find my
Future
And my
Hope

That you should exalt him,

That you should
Set your heart on him.

That you should
Visit him every morning

And test him every moment?

Mid-year examinations are nearing.
Exams, exams.
Many cringe at the mention of its name.

It sounds ironic
We are loved unconditionally
We are also ‘tested every moment’
Why should we be?
Why must we be tested?

Why does he want to test us?

We will always be in primary school
Until we decide
To take the primary school leaving examination
We will always be in secondary school
Until we decide
To sit for the ordinary level examination

We cannot move on
If we are not tested

Every promotion
Comes after passing
A test
An examination

We are fallible
We are forgetful
We are unpredictable

It is difficult
To keep clean
When we live amidst mess
When our environment
Isn’t perfect

But we can go through all
With our examiner
Who is much more than a judge
But our first love
Our faithful promise maker

Welcome
Exams of any kind
Welcome
All the tests in the world

I embrace you
With a future
And a hope

I focus on my
Higher ground
My greater life
So that I can make proud
My faithful morning visitor
My beginning
My end
My forever

What’s the point of asking
So many questions
To yourself
When you don’t know the answer?

Who can give us
The right reply
When we spread
Our emotions so naked
Before mere human
Like ourselves?

Some of us
Begin our day with
Our words,
Or the world’s
And
End our day with
Our words
Or the world’s.

If you want things to change,
First
Decide who
You allow
To have the
First
And the
Last
Say
Of your day.

Let Beginning and End
Be your
Beginning and End

Then you will see
How different life can be
When you let his words
Have the final say.
When you let his voice
Reign over
The lions,
And most of all,
Yours.

When we progress
The villain would pay you a visit
To drop a few stings
And maybe sprinkle his toxin in your territory

They’re like flies
So hard to capture
Like disease swarming around your name

Seize him
Shout down his throat
Shake him up
And render him into a pulp of jelly

If there’s anyone to wallop
Whip the daylights out of him

Show him who you are
Who you belong to
Who is your father
What are you are made of
Where did you come from
And
Where you are heading

Slap him around
And bind his lips

His words are like
A waterfall of vomit
That falls to our ground
And vanish

They are nothing
Nothing at all!

The authority given to you
Reigns over
His entire audacity

His words will not wreck
You
Or
This family.

If you stand up
If you speak
Shred his plans
And break him weak

We triumph
Over him and his fools

For who can touch
Those who belong
To Almighty?

The toxins show up
Only when pressure is present

From the left to the right
Above and beneath
It’s expanding
Lengthening
Enlarging

Open the windows of heaven
And let this storehouse
Be filled
To the overflowing

When we are growing,
Upgrading,
Going to the next level,
Challenges tougher than before
Will come

I welcome them
With arms opened
Because I know
Now is the time
To step up
Grow up
And be a greater
Overcomer