I choose to be happy!
Tuesday was another amazing time out on the stach discord server has we had another spoken words session hosted, this week's prompt was I choose to be happy.
@francistagbo went home again with the first place prize, @iamthegray, the second place and @bookoons, third place!
Here's my entry; enjoy.
None of their promises to us has been fulfilled
I have waited in vain for the castles in the air,
the bridges in the sky, the river in the desert,
free healthcare in our hospitals, food on my table
Years have passed, power has changed hands, positivity didn't come along.
I remain undaunted, I choose to be happy
My environment has failed me,
The sun shines so bright like the fury of a scorned woman,
The rain falls, taking houses, properties and even lives,
Reminds one of the days of Noah's ark
The soil wouldn't even produce good crop yield unaided
I'm scared for the beautiful ones yet to be born but I choose to be happy
Or perhaps I have failed my environment,
I have cut trees indiscriminately in the name of industrialization,
burnt bushes unnecessarily in the name of farming,
Defeacated in the water bodies just because I can, thrown garbage in the drainages without remorse,
Now it all comes crashing down, I had a part in this, I know what this may bring, until then, I choose to be happy.
Our clergies have failed us,
My Father's house is now a shopping mall,
"Drop all you have in your pocket, remember the widow's mite, give and it shall be given unto you!" Clamoured the businessman with a white collar.
"Buy holy water, hanky, anointing oil, Jerusalem sand" he continued.
While all these was happened, I remembered a verse from The Good Book, "the wisdom of man is foolishness to God",
So I kept my faith and chose to be happy.
My friends failed me,
I kept giving myself and my all,
I crossed bridges but wouldn't even cross a drainage for me,
Present or absent, I had their backs,
How ironic that they couldn't wait to stab me once I turn my back
The betrayal, the hurt, the pain; cut me deep, as disappointed as I am, I choose to be happy.
I have failed myself,
Too many times that I have lost count,
Year in, year out, I make new year resolutions, I set goals which I never manage to achieve.
These goals and resolutions I move from year to year without actualizing them. It gets better, I tell myself
I work so hard without giving myself a break until my system breaks down,
I even hang on to caustic, toxic relationships that cost me my peace and sometimes, my sanity.
I am no where near where I want to be, but guess what? I am not relenting, I won't give up on me, I choose to be happy!
I won't also give up, I also choose to be happy...
That's the best we can possibly do to and for ourselves.
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