Misery Poem by Vincent Igwilo

I laugh before when still at angels watch and keep
But swiftly turned I pale when black spots became visible on my white cloak
How I long for such moment when surety of mind was my bread
Looking so lost, like one spinned by the hands of time, mourning every minute on the abandon of such great light

Pains and death ring at my heart, renewing afresh winter's chill
The hunger of life thin immortality, sweeps through me at the thought of what a castaway I came to be
Oh! Thee which holds every man on ransom for a dinner once in a lifetime
Call I upon thee, to dine with me for a better hope across the veils

Throat turn sore and heart came bleeding from dawn to dusk
Tears tracking down, through my chin when I reflect on how lonely the years seem to come by
When I search within me, to know what reason and cause for which I dearly pay
I see walls all around and no bridge to move out of my opaque
shell

But alas came through my window
So great a light that my shell came cracking
Yep! The sound of both victory and freedom
Victory from the wails of death and claws of bitterness

Then suddenly out of the bliss, heareth I a voice sounding like a thousand echoes 'Man is broken he lives by mending, the grace of God is the glue for if God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty'.