I learnt you missed a call
From karma
That wasn’t you being smart
That was fate deciding
Deciding on the never ending actions
Don’t smile yet
You have an unfinished business
Cheta doesn’t drink
But he is drunk
That’s what he gets from his
Castrated ugly past
Taking the cakes meant
For laborers was his hobby
No questions were thrown to him
Because he called the shots
The oppressed prayed for heaven
To rain brimstone
While he went on romantic dates
With embezzlement
Now the big shark is ready
to swallow
Call it karma
What a world placed in a word!
The lion has been humbled
to eat grass
This is nature taking it course
You are close to a handful of tears
The tears has created a river
But you can’t swim in it
You shouldn’t have played
Gamble with nature
It has the code to your payback
How can this be mitigated?
You called Jimoh “Papa”
But you robbed him with pen
You should have returned
his pension
And it would have been an old story
But you took the fund
And danced with it
While he sunk in tears
And remained in pain
Being sincere would have saved you
Returning what you took
Would have blessed you
You made a choice
By ignoring your chance
Your crown is now your cross
No Simon of Cyrene to help
Carry it for you
You should have listened to the
Warning bells
It’s too late to kiss karma goodbye
It’s time to take
what you ordered for!
Poem: Maureen Onyinye Kenneth
Art credit: mbeh charlsearts
