Power Of Words Poem by Phil Njuguna

My Maths teacher said I'll be nothing,
Algebra and calculus caught me dozing.
My Chem teacher condemned me too,
For chemicals sent me straight to the loo.
In physics I was called dumb,
For machines made my mind numb.

Nothing but words excites my passion.
Lyrics and sonnets the real temptation.
Dickens and Ngῦgĩ I read overnight,
Shakespeare I pick at the morning light
Devour volumes with a curious mind
Swallow what my intellect can grind.

Oh! Deliver me from the power of words!
I'm bound in unbreakable cords.
Words call, mesmerize then seize,
And enslave before I realize!