Once upon a time not so long ago,
There lived a man named Eduardo,
Youngest of his siblings three,
He drew lessons from anything he could see.
Once when he was a child of nine,
He observed an ant falling out of line,
He threw twigs to hinder, and enforce the natural order,
But each time the ant came back trying a little harder,
This sight for him was new to see,
He learnt that a set order laid for long is hard to be.
Learning never leads you astray,
Ask for knowledge each night you pray,
Young Eduardo never segregated knowledge as great or small,
He believed knowledge would help you rise, help you stand tall.
And so it was one Christmas eve,
Celebrations in every corner he could perceive,
But in one corner he saw a poor girl draped in rags,
Making efforts in reading a newspaper by the old barracks,
Her quest for knowledge touched Eduardo's heart,
He brought her home, gave new garments, new books and enrollment in school for a start.
Seeing this act, questions arose,
He asked each of them to mind their business and not poke their nose,
For Eduardo believed it was not the people's call,
Of who should be educated when knowledge is free for all.
Old Eduardo now lay in his grave,
His tombstone read "Give and share knowledge to the young and brave,
For knowledge in this world comes for free,
All you need is to keep your ears open, senses unbroken, tastebuds ringing and keen eyes to see,
Learn and help them learn in your lifetime too,
So that like me in peace to the world you might say Adieu".
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Versed with Life
PoetryThis book contains a collection of twenty poems dealing with the essence of life. My poems in this book depict the lessons life demonstrates in front of our eyes but which we either fail to perceive or choose to ignore. Jacky Robinson rightly said...
