What I Have Learnt So Far Poem by Bada Olaitan Tope

WHAT I HAVE LEARNT SO FAR

As it chills In the morning dew
I Seeks warmth on mama's lap with no clue
Feeling elated in strangers school
Where Naives claim professional without tool

ecstatic I was in euphoria of dreamers land
Oblivion to unravel the intents rather than its sounds
To explore the nutrients without considering ugly sand
And withdraw from the environs of pessimistic gangs

It took me more than children that makes annual
To unravel the mystery like a lawn mower
I thought the siege around me was a tower
But they impede as they turn buffer

As years continue to overlaps static lingers
I sat and began to scrutinize the scars
And discovered they aren't tattoo nor stars
But agony caused by the closest that exhibit cares

Some things I saw made me ponder
Many at times I lost in array of nostalgia
When I bring to remembrance the tide on mama's lap
But life teaches and feed with Stone inside pap

What I have learnt so far
I thought life was rosy thus far
Until rose show me its thorns that pierce
And my bliss wreck like a coast battered by storm in a fierce

What I have learnt so far
At first believe in ostentatious wonder
But later discovered the deceit in what seem toglitter
I fond smooth going until I saw the rise and fall that tougher

At a point I believe in what I perceive
But Alass! What you see sometimes can be deceiving
I thought I had dreams conceived
Until I found my confidant stealing

I thought I could confide in my neighbor
What an infidel; backstabbers mentor
I thought I could please them all
untill I found myself in a failure mall

I subsequently resort to tears tent
Where I got to know that a crying man still see
I often think every creatures cannot be bent
Until my visit to the Lily besides the sea

I built my courage on human's lips
Untill I heard utterances that douse and flips
I made man my amour and treasure keeps
On the battlefield; they fled and their blood pressure beeps

What I have learnt so far
To foresee and see from afar
To be a dove at home and a lion in the jungle
To be dynamic and always struggle to buckle

What I have learnt so far
To charge my shoulder
To keep hanging my clothes from falling
To summon my liver and erase the history that is appalling

What I have learnt so far
To believe in myself even with a sandal
To erect my will and make firm the agenda
To not give up the race though far

What I have learnt so far
To always fill to brim my hope jar
To always perceive the light at the end of the tunnel
And target stronger even more than a barrel.

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