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Fruitless Adventures

Only in dreams was I ever happy
Only in fantasy I ever built a home
But achievement I heard men speak of
Out of time and in times so tough
I digged, tilled the earth and sweated hard
The sun scourged and the rain bathed
I worked and wished night is day
But how little the work paid
I merely survived out of the patches of life
Was that all my youthful strenght could afford?
But the path to success I timefully trekked on
My inputs were efficient enough
Yet my family barely fed on good meals
Was it that others did more for more wages?
But I was a dedicated labourer
Yet I lived my life as a begger
Poor me my taste on fate I pasted
Where was the legal tender?
Where was even the fund to price my taste?
What a no savings life I lived
It's like problems were always knowing when I hold money
O! fruitless adventures indeed
To be master of my own business I failed
Now, to them my biography will sound so funny
My unaccomplished quest for excellence
Makes this end a tragic experience
I recall sometimes I tried hiking the prices
Prices of my admirable services
To meet the demands of life in a hurry
But in the end, circumstances notion
Either to go home and sleep hungry
Or work and be paid little
No certificates to improve the price of my hustle
O! pot-belly ingrate would always come
Stare and shout at me on and on
Demanding I'd be through in a minute
But the success, to him men attribute
Was I a failure?
But I didn't give up hope
Yet, I died a fortune seeker
Lying with me in this grave I know
Are lofty dreams I couldn't achieve
Non has them out there I believe
My pain is no more me but them
Innocent kids I brought to that world
Nothing I left for them to walk on with
No piece of land, no bank account
By now the house rent must have expired
Ugly will be the brutal hand of time on them
Grave! could you just allow me a chance?
A chance to sweat again
But what a life time couldn't save
Can a moment do?
Even if grave does
From where shall I start?
To work and clear those debts
Or a moment to educate my kids
I better lie low here
Only wish and pray they save
Cos me, I lived an unfulfilled life

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