Destined to Experience Something Like This #1
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He was the last born
Of his parents and things
Were going on well with
Him at the inception
Everyone in the neighborhood
Envied him, many parents
Wish that their children
Be like him
But they cannot question
God for how he pleases
He does his things
Among the people he has created
Because things were working
Well for him, he soon
Establishes a business that
Becomes the talk of the
Town. Not long after
The fame spread to
Other regions. Ladies started
Patronizing him, after several
“Stops and Searches” on those
Ladies he settled for
One out of all he
Has been “stopping and searching”
Their love was spectacular
And he was daily
Full of joy that God
Has given him the very
Person he has been
Dreaming and hoping for
To get as wife since
His childhood days.
They started planning their
Wedding and according to
Plans, it should happen
In eight months’ time.
Two weeks after finalizing
For their wedding date
The unexpected happen, fire
Engulfed his business and
Burnt the store to ashes
This happened after he had
Stocked his store with
Goods he has ordered from
Advanced countries, and he
Has received the containers.
His bank account has been
Emptied during the process
Of ordering for the consignments
Because they were new
Products he wants to
Beat other business persons
To it before they start
Knowing about the new
Product in town but alas
This strange incident happened
The fire! When he
Got to his store “what
Is this oh! Lord?”
Was the word that
Came out of his mouth
In this land where
Insurance does not pay off.
The insurance firm he
Registered the business with
Investigated the strange fire
After their investigations what
They could offer him could not
Even repair the store let
Alone buy goods into the
Store. He hopes to get
Loan from banks but he
Was denied because the
Collaterals given were not
Enough for him to be
Considered for the loan applied for
He is the bread winner
Of the family, contacting
Others would seem as
If he wants to mock them
He did not know the
Next step to take, he
Was downcasted and depressed
Her spouse heard of this
Pitied his condition and
Left him. Four weeks after
This incident his spouse
Traveled to another country
And severe the relationship
Between them. His siblings
Comforted him and told
Him to put issue of
Marriage aside for a while
Because when trees
Fall on each other it is
The one at the top that
Would first be removed
And the one at the top in
This case is the issue of
Him getting his business
Rhythm back. They promised
To work with him as
Best as they could to
Get him back on his feet
They tried their best
But nothing concrete happened
Then the guy started praying
To his God for solution
His prayers were as if
One is pouring water
In a basket, it was as
If there is no God.
He cried and cried
To God as he has known
Yet nothing happened. This
Continues year in year out
No changes and he now
Becomes servant under those
Who were once his
Servant. Twelve years after
This incident, while praying
He fell asleep and saw
Firmaments opened and someone
In the figure of a man
Appeared to him. In that
Dream, he saw himself
Sleeping with droplets of
Tears on his eyelids.
The man in the white
Apparel touched the man
Sleeping in the dream
And he woke up as the
The white apparel man
Started talking to him
“You have been greatly
Disturbed by what happened to you
This has made you to
Be thinking that which
Kind of world are you in
You have been saying
Assuming you did not
Order for those products
Even if fire would
Ravage your store, you will
Yet have something with
You and would have picked
Up again. Sometimes you even
Think about committing suicide
Because to you the suffering
Is too much. All this
The most High see and
I have been sent by
Him to tell you
And show you some secrets
About your life, for assuming
You escaped that incident
It is certain that
You will not be able
To escape either of the
Two other incidents that would
Have happened to you in
The future. As he said this
There was a wind that blows
To where we are in the dream
And my eyes were opened
And ears opened as I begin
To look into the future,
For it is as if the wind
Brought something that was
Far away to the present and
Started showing me things
As I see myself.
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