Bound To Be Poem by Mwenyeji Spikes

You saw the smoke and said the fire was bound to be
Every mark and sign pointed to days we only hoped for
At the start the very first step told a tale of the journey to be
No simple way to tell it, but every sunset covered our worry with hope

We were bound to be great, bigger than our fears
Bound to be better in our noon than our dawn ordered us to be
What didn't break us gave us way to be stronger and agile in our ways
In the evening every word said of our future in secret bore no harm to our chosen destiny

With pride and determination we set out on our way to greatness
A light in our hearts was better than any conviction anyone ever traded
Every ounce of doubt about where we would end up we didn't let deter us
None of where we are today is by our doing but by the Almighty hand

Everything we aspire to be, within us was the power to bring to manifestation
With determination in our spirit we put the words in our mouth and focus in our minds
We charged our focus on to the good, we hoped to be and we clinched tight onto faith
With unison of thought, word and action we walked to the place we were bound to be