Always Take A Chance Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

Take a chance to deceive sorrow
And tell it its name is happiness
And then wait for the change in
Your heart for soon you will
Know the game of feeling bad
Is one you can give to the game
Changers and win.

Take a chance to serve a volley
And make it land in the right
Quarter and then you will see
How your opponent will veer with
The speed of the ball only to
Be hit on the head and miss
A return and that is called
Winning a game by chance.

Take a chance to read a few
Words in a library book before
Closing time and recite them
All the way home and watch
Knowledge grow in your head
For that will be the quotation
You will wow your mates with
For they will not know where
It came from and neither will
You. Then you will be called
A wizard for you fight and
Win battles that nobody thought
Could be won. Soon they will'
Wonder where you come from and
You show them with the tip of
Your thumb to take a chance and
Look just next door.