LIFE

LIFE BY FAVOUR. O. AUGUSTINE

A poem written for Dr. O. O. Popoola 

Life is a gluttonous, empty pool,

Forever starving, never full.

It refuses to stay hollow,

Yet, it swallows without mercy.

Man is just a wandering tenant,

But still, becomes its bait in the end.

Unplanned, unexpected,

It snatches the brightest away.

And when the dust settles,

When the tears dry just a little,

It keeps marching, unfazed

Like nothing sacred was lost.

All it leaves behind

Is a pool of memories,

Heavy, tender, aching.

If life wasn’t a ravenous thing,

Why would it keep demanding

The very people we love?

Goodnight Dr. Popoola. Till we meet again sir

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