You Have A Gift Of Nature



AT SCHOOL:
"Out of my sight
You lazy fool!
You have no brain!
You are no sportsman!
You have no skill,
No art, no dexterity!
Out of my sight, you good-for-nothing!"
He left them and in that lonely corner
Cried away his sorrows.

AT WORKPLACE:
"Man, who employed you
In this office?
You have no skill, no competence
No talent, no best routine.
You are a good-for-nothing!"

He left work that day brooding,
Moody and sober;
"Oh, what a miserable life!"

AT PLAY:
"Any game you cannot play!
Man, what are doing on this earth?
Go and hang yourself
And leave this planet
For better people!

This world has already rejected you!

...No, my friend!
Don't mind them!
You have a talent
You have a skill
You have a great
Gift of God.
You are superstar!
Go and explore your talent.
Society needs you.

About this poem

God has endowed every person with a super gift; it takes time for such gifts to manifest. Every body is useful to society.

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Written on July 23, 1989

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 26, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAXXBXCDX XEXXXC CDX FFXXXX E XXGBXXXGE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 790
Words 175
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 10, 6, 3, 6, 1, 9

Israel Chinonye Uche

 · 1957 · Aba

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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    I can depict a story in prose, poetry and drama.
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