OCEN MICHEAL

Smile and don't cry If you have no humane. Dance and never sit If you don't know how to sit. Dine and never stop If you never felt hungry. Despise and never cheers If you were born with everything. Kill and never stop If you thing you are an alloy. This world! It is full of opportunities and disappointment. Live like it is yours But you never wins it. You never live long enough to shine 'feet and toe'. Today it's me! Tomorrow Will be you. It's fate that we share But destiny defeats us all. 2018criticalocol@theshadowwordsafrica-poetry

I am not a bachelor But I married a spinster, So I don't go 'outing' or 'dating'. I married a soldier Every time she is at the barracks; Saluting,escorting, and parading, So I cook for her her special food. I even fetches water for her. Sometimes she is at the war front fighting for this great nation, Beheading the reckless men who claim to be the enemies of this nation, So I sweep and mob her room. I even prepare a bed for her. When she return, She will be busy getting her awards of captainship, may be a General of the army, And I will be in the garden weeding and harvesting for her. I am not a chef, But I married the president, So every time she is busy with matters of the state. And I have to keep the kitchen warm for her. I married a lawyer, So every time she is busy passing death sentence over the reckless youth of this great nation, So I have to be submissive and wash her clothes when she returns. I am not too relig...