OBSEQUIES

OBSEQUIES- Essence!!!

What am living for?
When all that brings you joy is gone and nowhere to be found,
When life has pushed you to the place of irrelevance,
You've lost it all....
What am I living for?

When things that are of value during your days ain't valuable anymore,
Immorality is common place.
You look back at the days when you'd have to sing, pluck flowers, hunt games...just to win a lady's heart.
But now, all it takes is a phone call and some brain washing text messages, and its all done.
You look upon the present generation with disdain.
Your time is past....
What am I living for?

You wait for your children to get married and bear you grand kids,
You pressure the male folks and only hope on the females.
When you get tired of waiting, you let go... Asking yourself.....
What am I living for?

When your children don't visit frequently to keep you company,
Your visiting grandchildren can't even tap from your wisdom and life's experience,
Cos of communication barriers and mindsets, You lose faith.....
When your age grade, folks and friends alike are all gone,
No one to hang out and gist with......
Damn; you're all alone....
what am I still living for?

When you spouse, your life companion leaves you,
You call up kids and share your plight,
You have lived the years in your life,
And there is nothing else to live for.
You let go...and they understand.

WOE be ye young, who has nothing else to live for.
Woe be ye young, who loses sight of the beauty of life.
Woe be ye young, who is cast to the place of irrelevance.
FIND your map, and your compass, sail on life's voyage.
Live your life when you are youth;
For when you grow old, you'll find no pleasure in them.
Don't be the one to look back in regrets,
Of the things you could have done- better.
Live your life to the fullest, and find your niche.
What ever you find joy and heart's peace in doing,
Give yourself wholly to it.
No Regrets.
So when you look back at life, you'd say:
I have fought the good fight of faith;
That in life, you have lived life.
Give of yourself, to the next generation, as much as you can.
For therein lies fulfilment.
Sickness weakens the body but doesn't kill us.
It is the will to live that keeps us going.
And when there is nothing else to live for,
That ends the chapter...and begins the legacy!!!
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Mbonu Eric.

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