Give Up Not. Poem by Dorcas Tayire

Different pages, different chapters; a story to render.
Tears streaming in some.
Smiles; being begged to show its' face.

Here goes chapter one,
Oh! This isn't the part I love.
Pains, depression, agony and oppression.
Sadness, resentment, retrogression.

The pages flip, we see the same.
Flips; once more, still same.
Flipping continues; yet the same.
Oh! Anger evolves, flipping and flipping; oh no! , Still the same.
No! , Definitely not worth the energy.
'Come unto me and give me an hug, let me cleave unto you, for you have loved me this much.'
'Oh yes! , ' Says he: 'I've missed you alot, welcome back to the story of misfortune.'
'Thanks, ' says I: 'I knew; you alone would make me smile, it's all over, my trials has choked me this much.'

Chapter two walks in majestically.
But oh! ... Another trial, yet no one hired.
Another sorrow waiting in joy for tomorrow.
Nothing to show for, nothing to build on.

'Oh pains! Why hath thou no conscience? '
You've taken me so deep down into an abyss of bitterness.
I'm all alone in this wilderness.
Shield me oh woe
for in you I've found a peace so whole.

Flip! Flip! Flip! Goes the pages of life.
Flip, flip, flip, it's just a phase.

Chapters by chapters,
So much questions left unanswered.

With consistency, diligence and practising.
The end of the story arrives,
from a journey of many chapters.

Flip, flip, flip; goes the pages.
Putting smiles on their faces.
It all started from the basics;
Give up not! .