No!
With
the O as round as the O of Soweto.
I’m
calling it quits with point zero,
Next
port of call’s numero uno.
I’m
taking a shot at the ace:
Remember
this face!
As the
ship of karma set sail
For strange
shores,
I run
my race
Like an
athlete fighting strong.
A race
to paste details of my name,
And come
to it with a measure of pomp,
On history’s
immortal page.
In these
last days,
One of
the last ones believing,
It’s
tough to keep breathing,
Scars off
the battle ground still bleeding.
But there
ain’t no stopping me;
I’m so
done retreating n’ hate-breeding.
I’m staying
strong
In the
outbreak of war.
And it
won’t be long
Before the
dawn will respond.
Strung on
the highway of immortality,
I have
turned my heart on a soul odyssey;
An inquest
into the makings of me.
I am
naturally endowed,
The things
that speak for me are sound.
I dance
with wolves;
I battle
werewolves.
I am
one that defines a million
Steadily
straddling the lines of criterion.
Verve,
with me, has never been an issue
I’m
more fascinated with the crisis in Mogadishu.
In the
beginning, there was me
Somewhere
along the lines
Came the
expression of myself from within,
And last,
there will be I
After all
is said and done.
Still keeping
it real,
Hot like
a C4
Because
I believe.
I believe
ain’t a road without obstacles
And those
trip you up so high into a spectacle;
Little ordinary
miracles
That fork
out from dark regions like tentacles.
Fetch the
right attitude and snap! tentacles
Morph into
broken manacles.
The moments
have arrived
To ride
in the light
Thro’
the pathway of imagining
And snag
the swag.
Ain’t
no stopping me,
Let it
flow pull the gag.
Instinct
is strong
And my
juice vibes like a pump.
I can feel
the surge
Of adrenalin
like a slug
To the
lung.
I navigate
faith like a pen-
I’m
writing the epic of a titan
Incarcerated
in a den.
And still
reclining in a rocking rattan
Cause, I
couldn’t care less if trapped in a glen.
I found
the greatest glory in living:
The deal
ain’t hinged on not falling
But,
getting your butt back up off the flooring.
Because
I’ve been to the mountaintop,
I’ve
surveyed the universe from a vital spot,
Yea, I know
that I can take it
In the
company of love, faith and expectancy,
Because
I believe.
Akpan
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