Man works throughout life
from childhood to adulthood.
He builds his place in heaven
sitting leap years in classrooms
harvesting diplomas for his career,
saying the best words of himself
as investment for job applications.
He daily climbs up the ladder as goal
He is obsessed of success and ambition.
From a house to land, bank savings
or loans, he continues to strive on.
But at a wink of an eye, all that he
has struggled for, all that he collects
to own, are lost and gone irrepairable.
For sure enough, the flames of fire
eat up all what he has acquired
within his years and decades in life.
Typhoon, tsunami, flood and cyclone
drown all what he has long labored.
Earthquake, disease and transient thieves
swallow up even his last bank loan.
Unquestionable one! ! ! We should say the real nightmare of man... We cannot guess our future..it is unsure for all of us.. But...to be sure for unsure future, we all struggle again and again with highest hope.. Well Done....dear
Thought provoking piece, a must read for men who see life in one dimension especially in Africa.. good work
Good job! we have to keep climbing up ladders to be higher and higher.Great!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Thanks for your response, Aung SI.