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YOUR TIME STARTS NOW by Mfoniso Urua

Happy Fathers Day 2018

Day53
#365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge


Can i tell you a story?
Years ago, a gift was born
Today in this moment in time
Coloured with an assignment
Not a mistake, not a misfit, nor miscalculation of man's imagination
A delibrate plan of divinity
Shot out from eternity
With a package to deliver to humanity

Can i tell you a story
No one can do it like you would do
No one can say it like you would say
You are more than enough for the assignment
If you will, you will
If you believe, you will
If you see it, you will
If you pray it, you will
If you reach for, it you will
You can stretch for new heights
But?
Can you burn with passion?
Can you run with passion?
Your time starts now...

Can i tell you another story
If we wait for fair weather our wings may be crippled
Fly against the wind and the storm
Fly beyond the status quo and the limits
they have set
Whether it sunny or it be rainy
Fly!
Generations will be affected by your actions or inactions.
Why sit still?
Why hold back that gift?
Can i tell you a story
Your time starts now.

Mfoniso Urua


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