Seeking for Light in the Dark Future
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She has been finding things
Difficult not after moving to
The family house in the
Extreme of the town
Though trying to cope with
Situations while alone not before
She was retrenched which forced
Her to swallow the bitter pills
Returning to the family’s building
When she couldn’t afford to
Pay the house rent. She
Was warmly received by others
Though her actions since
She secured the employment was
Nothing to write home about
Nonetheless her parents believed
That irrespective of how
Terrible one’s child is, she
Shouldn’t be chase to
The lions to kill
Others have not left home
Since their graduation, they are
In the family house
Because securing jobs in the land
Is like seeking for hidden
Treasures in the deepest of
The oceans. How would someone
Who knows not how to swim?
Find such treasures? Even a
Person who knows how to
Swim would make oceans and
Seas his abode to isolate such
Akin to this is the
Plight of the commoners and
Average men’s children in the
Land to secure jobs
They perhaps have to be
Jobs. To be employed they
May make their abode among
The companies, ministries and parastatals
Ironically even at that they
May have to belong to
A political party or know
Someone who knows a creme-de-la-crème in society
Know someone who knows senators
It wasn’t like that during
Their parents days for assuming
So, they would have been unable
To achieve the little they
Achieved, I doubt if they
Would have married each other
Neither give birth to ‘em
Things wert relatively easy during
Their days, for everyone was
Given level playing ground therefore
Whatever anyone is doing
Good projections could be made
Of what would happen a decade
From then, this is followed
By good planning by many a one
In this dispensation far be
It like heaven is far
From the earth so is level
Playing ground good projection cum planning
“Rarity’ was the occasion when
She secures employment, family’s all
Thought had been she ‘d
Be the savior of other siblings
Alas! Their dreams were
Cut short with her retrenchment. Now
At home with others seeking
For light in the dark future
Shall they be able to
Find light at all in
A future that’s full of
Uncertainties and mirage?
A future that’s no future
A future that looks bleak
And gloomy a future that
Presents itself in the dark ages
The way to the future
Is full of cobwebs, that thick
Like fishermen’s nets that
Fishes cannot escape from
How would they cross to
The other side? How would
They find way to the
Other side. Is there a way at all?
Is there future at all?
They seriously doubted if anything
Called future exists. All thoughts
Stories and projections about it
Are mere illusions. They should
Continue to live as they
Are living such thoughts and
Ambitions for they are fairy tales.
© 2020 OLUSEGUN
