WHO SAID YOU'LL LIVE LONG(ER) by Ikpoko Sharon

Day85
#365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge

You newly coupled who have refused
A return from Paris
You recline like butter on bread
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You who think suicide is next
If you left college next best
You shut your eyes on all of your kind
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You claim teen
Ignoring the clock that said, "no time"
You forget the phrase, 'Gone too Soon'
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

Like the prosperous Ant
Just in the corridor, he kicked a pale
Death took no bribes
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

Like the innocent thief
Who found a new source of livelihood
Life could not offer pity no more
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

So now you changed the figures
And cared less what employees felt
The higher throne was all you aimed
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You were told to restrain
For your family, health and wealth
Yet you stuck to the wrap like a tar
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You who took the peel
You maintained the fruits and ate the meals
Strict to the rituals you were
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You said the prayer
Walked the thorns and became blameless
You even communicated with the preternatural
Who said that you'll live long(er)?

You had been unfortunate
But like the praying Mantises, you gained victory
Now hustle seems to pay
Who said that you'll live long(er)?



Ikpoko Sharon is a Poet, a budding writer,a naturalist and a 100 level student of the University of Calabar, studying English and Literary Studies.