Lean On Me Poem by Don Bukana

A young boy from my neighborhood came to me the other day. he was near hysteria
he said, big bro jamb just came out and i have failed woefully my parents don't know of this yet
and i really don't Know what to do, I'm confused
i did my possible best i prayed and fasted for days waiting on God i attended lessons and i prepared well for this exam
i wonder how it came to this.
At that point he was trying so hard to fight the tears while he was still speaking i became lost in my own thoughts
I was like wow
I know this road, I've been here before how did u ever escape that fate?
Not too long ago, this young boy was me I still remember back when i was lost and hopeless
All i had with me was a dream And it was beautiful
what really happened?
The only answer that made perfect sense was life happened
You see, All it takes is patience and the wisdom to realize that even problems wouldn't last forever
I turned to the young boy and said I have been down this lane before and I'd be here and be glad to walk with you all the way out of it
what saved me during those moments were the lyrics of a song 'lean on me'
sometimes in our lives, we all have pain and we all have sorrows but if we are wise, then we know that there is always tomorrow
I slept wit this song
I woke up with it
I ate with it
I put my faith in those lyrics little by little all the pain and sorrows sumed up and fizzled away and i realize that A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor I realize that, I'm in competition with no one it was me vs me I realized that he (God) was standing by even when no one around
Do you have phone?
He replied yes
then i said, here is a little gift friend I sent him that song'lean on me'
this will be a lonely walk you are about to walk into the storm
it will break you it will remould you
some days you will cry your eyes out but I'm just sure about one thing
when you walk out of this storm, you won't be the same naive little boy that walked in
You will come out stronger and wiser perhaps one day, even you too will share this song with another boy in distress.