I had no reason to want to live

Happiness was not a consistent factor

I had no passion for life

Love came surely from family and friends

I had no purpose in life

I felt unfulfilled

In the nights I did not want to wake up

I prayed to God;

To prevent all my worthless living

To make me not see the light of day in flesh

But He never did

Then I had a dream

A dream that my creator wanted me

To be the leader of His people;

A dream that pushed me on

A dream that gave me a purpose for life

A dream that granted me the desire to keep on living

Now!

I no longer want to die

I surprisingly do not want to sleep for long

For there’s a lot to be done

I have a mission to fulfill

If I die without doing it

Then I would be useless

He did not give me a reason to only live on

I had a reason

To give my all

And now to die for the cause

A cause I will die for trying

My time is short

Three score and ten and a few more

I have a lot to do

So I pray for life each day

And He grants it to me

The sun if rising from the east
Once again
A new dawn has broken
As I walk through the evergreens
The beautiful greens that have the dew of morning
Reflect the sun’s rays into my eyes

I perceived in my mind’s eye
The vast emptiness of the forest
The day before
But I was wrong, the creatures
Large and big
Small and tiny
All greeted –Good Morning-
And sang the morning’s song
I was lost in my thoughts
Dancing to the cockerel’s song

Out of nowhere
Fear
Entered my marrow
My bones felt flexible and weak
Then I realized that the sun was in the west
Once again
But I had not gone far
My life’s journey is still not complete
My purpose is fast approaching
Time is running out