The world then and now
The world then small and
sweet
Life quiet and calm and in
that quietness,
I lived and matured to
grow
Tall enough to walk the
talk.
The school in the church
compound
Plasters cracked and paints
peeled,
Stood like a mother with wrinkled
skin and sunken cheeks
Beckoning children with love
and care.
Reading, writing and
arithmetic made me literate
But the real takeaways
from my school
Kindness to all
Malice towards none,
Decades passed, the good
world of mine
Grew beyond but its
goodness
Dwindled to vanish into
memory
Happiness and values soon
redefined.
Rules once pursued now
disregarded,
The goodness of life snatched
away.
Self now an object of
devotion
Mind blind to the
greatness of others.
Knowledge and conviction then
an asset;
Now, a dagger out of its
scabbard,
Not to defend beliefs,
But, to conquer and rule the
world.
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