Just like yesterday I came

thinking life was just a game

I see everything now so clear

that life isn't that mere

as I feel its rough hands

pulling me at its command.

 

I've accepted life is real

far more than just sleep and meal

harsher than I ever thought

being bruised from east, west, south and north

it formed my mentality

as it pushed me thru' its adversity.

 

Life is like the sea, swim or sink

different from writing with paper and ink

different from movies, sports or fiction

it demands real and prompt action

sucking all of you

in the process molding you too.

 

Cowardice is resorting to suicide

I vowed not to be crushed from life's brutal side

that batters, shatters and punctures

I view my future as in a picture

Developing the negatives

focusing on the positives.

 

When I think my mates have gotten all

I remember those death called

I never dwell in self-pity

I skip frivolities and get down nitty-gritty

Equiping myself knowledgewise

Boycotting pitiable cry.

 

Our life speedometers differ

I may be faster but doesn't mean am better

favour, time and chance makes the difference

life favours some people in preference

So when in life I someone surpass

I remember we must all into six-feet collapse.

 

Thinking of what my mates aquired

Also brings to my memory those death fired

whinning about things not yet gotten

and other life's goodies soon forgotten

is being unfair to myself and life

I choose to follow life and enjoy its hype.