Sacrificial Life

My life a sacrifice

A gift of the Divine

To the numerous humankind

I've sharpened it like a knife

Shaped it on the anvil of life

My very impulse is my guide

To new flaws no matter how slight

I want to live, if I could twice

First, I'll set things right

Second time to train the light

My life I'll give for this life

My rhyme a beacon of light

A sacrifice is a edifice

Cast in gold and sanctified

I dedicate this mortal life

To the good of all my kind

From now till I close this vain eyes

Akpan