At times, we get some partial impressions
Perhaps when into life's horizons we gaze
Or we fold the arms and lean back to ponder
The eyes are closed, yet we see still
Pictures are perceived, a new vision received.
Journeying through life's peaks and troughs details unfold
At peak periods, our visions need revisions
Mountains climbed through paths twisting, turning like a maze
We have gone further, higher and now wonder
Eyes wide opened the vista makes us reel
Against all odds, we are glad that we believed.
Mountain top periods, worth their lengths as weights in gold
Followed by a gradual descent with new missions
Carefully, purposefully and resolutely we step through a haze
For all we left behind our hearts have grown fonder
Our eyes have seen the need to invent a better wheel
Another outcome of all we have perceived.
On with the work with gusto, for we are daring and bold
The unexpected happens perhaps due to an omission
Goals seem to have disappeared as in a fiery blaze
We fight to get out of the rut, a dark trench in anger
With determination, grit, refusal to quit, a strong will
We have clambered out and rest relieved.
Our lives without evil control can go in ways foretold
Dreams, visions, plans with relentless work can come to fruition
All we have achieved and become, leaves us in a daze
We saw the invisible, heard the inaudible yet did not blunder
How awesome and blessed our success makes us feel!
True greatness achieved exceeded what we conceived.
John O. Iyaniwura
