Open rebuke is better than secret love…and the kisses of an enemy are deceitful
A pretty and promising girl
Who was a final year undergrad student
But now from the great beyond
Writes with a bleeding pen.
Come let us take our fill of love
Till morning, he said to me.
With his smooth toast, he persuaded me.
And with a blind love, I fell for him.
Afterwards, I ‘sheepishly’ went after him
Unsuspecting like an Ox going to the slaughter,
Like a doe bounding toward a trap,
Not knowing it will cost me my life.
What a piteous and painful enigma!
That my supposed ‘boyfriend’ and lover
Wrote and signed my death warrant
And then ruthlessly executed it with his accomplice(s)
Oh no! I thought no amount of money can buy love
And that love was as strong as death,
But only to be slaughtered for money ritual
For something that was vain and elusive.
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For the sake of avarice, I was slaughtered and for his mother I was
murdered
And now these villains are asking God for pardon and forgiveness
But sadly I never had such a second chance to ask
Because ‘as it’s appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment’
Now listen, O ye daughters of the land
And learn from my bitter tales
Because those that fail to learn from them are fortune of others
May some day become a misfortune others may have to learn from.
Know that the heart of a human is desperately wicked.
So, always think through before you go through
Because the more you see and hear
At times, the less you understand.
Be duty bound to always obey godly and wise instructions
That it may be well with you
And that ye may live long on the earth
For this is a commandment with a promise that eluded me.
Be warned of secret illicit pleasures.
Always make good use of your leisure
And learn to say no to peer pressure
So that death will not knock prematurely.
Ultimately, fear God and keep his time less commandments
For God shall bring every deed into judgment
Sometimes, here on earth and definitely hereafter
With every secret thing whether it be good or evil.
Okwumabua Paul C.
Department of Political Science,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-ife, Nigeria.
Email:Okwumabua1234@gmail.com
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