Deception Poem by Vincent Igwilo

You trickster
Was I blind?
I could have seen you
Even though I did it was hazy
And I was to lazy
To care

Didn't I read zig ziglars word
'The future depends on what we do today'
Wasn't it my wake up call
Yet still
Didn't I fell?
Yes I did, woefully

Almond shaped tears
Gliding down my checks
I saw and am still seeing the future
The glorious moment
My past mistakes
They are coloured in vivid color

I was struck
I stood numb, like the statue of the liberty
But hades flame was my torch
And cupid's script
My declaration of independence, bondage
Its now all clear, spring water, I see my reflection

I did see it
I felt it was coming
Like a tornado, it swept through
To my direction
Time I had to stop it
But did I? No

I knew I had it
The power to plunder
To break through illusions and feel the light
Thats why I'm more bitter
'Cause I didn't use it
I gazed till I had no eyes

Am laughing, not on the outside
Ask me why?
I like to be challenged
To be thrown to the dirt
To be laughed at and ridiculed
'Cause it boots my fuel supply when I travel up

The question in life
Is not whether you fall down
'Cause you will, rather
The question is
Are you ready to get up
And fight for what you believe in.