GLORIOUS DESTINY

At the dilemma of despondency

When all hope is seem

To be lost

The glorious destiny surfaced

Inevitable decision

Has plundered the young lad

Perambulating like Muslim guinea

Instead of blessing to humanity

I hear the adore of songs

The melodious numbers

Like the spiritual angelic voice

In the Island of righteousness

Who can bring

The steady mood of a saint

I praise the Idea of the almighty

Creating man as though they were nothing

Oh! God of justice

Upon the castigation of people

Towards an innocent lad

That became a victim of human influence

That nearly sent him to untimely death

Can the gods intervene?

Yes, but highly limited

Except the almighty does

There is no hope for the lad

As the heavens roar

And the sun cries

To Almighty

Who kills and makes alive

To come for the justice

Of our dear virgin

UZODIMMA

The golden son

Who wants to murder

For nature’s sake

God of mercy

Intervene!

For the glorious destiny has surfaced

Wipe his tears

And bless with Joy against sorrow

We praise you Adonai

For your wonderful work

Towards the sons of men

Adiu Baba! God

Written by: Onyia Emeka Harford

DESCRIPTION: The poem glorious destiny is an African poem that describes a lad who has an ugly experience in life. But without knowing that those ugly experiences were a stepping stone to his glorious destiny after he had emerged a victory in the hurdles. A glorious destiny is a destiny that blesses humanity with God’s gift and tends to give positive change in the society.

From line 1-4:  The poet expressed the amazement of people when changes takes place in the life of this young lad who had exceed some certain age without change. It was like a dream to people and an mouth opening shock of miracle to spectators and mockers because it happened so sudden when all hope is gone that the lad could not amount to anything  in life. But in the midst of depression and agony a dramatic change surfaced that threw confusion to his enemies.

From line 5-8: The poet begins to narrate the lad’s ugly experiences that made him look like a mad man in the society and walk up and down the street of the city in search of solution to an unknown problem. The poet described his action as “Perambulating like a Muslim Guinea” instead of bringing peace to the community; he was causing terrible havoc everywhere he goes.

From line 9-12: The poet expresses his feeling towards this lad’s experience compared to what he passed through in life. According to the Poet he senses victory on God’s side towards this lad’s ugly experience and he said that he is hearing adoration praises to God and melodious hymn numbers using a figure of speech called “simile” which uses “like” and “as” as comparison to describe how the songs of praises are like spiritual angelic voices that sinks in the poet spirit mind like a tune from spiritual world known as an Island of righteousness.

From line 13-16: The poet still continue to express his feelings with rhetoric questions by asking who can state the greatness of God as a standard for people to learn and understand? Especially, the unfading fame of his saints towards the world; the poet begins to praise God who created man as though they were nothing but something to glory about for wonderful wisdom.

From line 17-20: The still continues to express concern over the ugly experience of this innocent lad whom different people slandered, backbite and gossiped for the offenses he was found not guilty. The poet also let us knows that the lad became a victim of human influence out of ignorant of the situation.

From line 21-24: The poet said that these ugly experiences nearly send him untimely to grave yard. And begin to use rhetoric questions to bring the god’s intervention which the poet still provides the answer that the gods can intervene but the Lad was helpless because of the wicked forces of his enemies that surrounds him. That, the solution is Divine which demands the attention of Almighty God through his Son Jesus Christ; the poet trying to express that situation like this have the Almighty God as the key solution, not even the gods of the land  which are powerless and limited and being  the base trust of Africans.

From line 25-28: The poet continues with the Lad’s ugly experiences at the point of no hope, to the extent that the nature began to fight and defend the lad who was innocent of every accusation. Using a figure of speech know as personification to establish this fact by giving human quality to an inanimate creation like “heavens roar” and “the sun cries” meaning the nature were fighting for the Lad by asking God for mercy.

From line 29-32: The poet continues with the expression of the nature’s dismay to God concerning the great Almighty God that can kill and sustain life as well as to intervene in this critical condition of the Lad named UZODIMMA.

From line 33-36: The poet described him as the golden son who wants to take his own life untimely because of predictable and unavoidable nature God has placed him. The poet continues to ask God for mercy

From line 37-40: The poet continues with asking God’s intervention because his glorious destiny has surfaced out of the calamity and life’s ugly experience. The poet trying to teach people that the trial of life is the refinery of human nature, until you pass through the furnace of affliction the best in you may not surface. Gold went in to firing furnace to make it strong and beautiful. So is glorious destiny. The poet continues to ask God to make a way with the glorious destiny and wipe away his tears of suffering which will be definite as the poet specified.

From line 41-44: The poet continues to attribute glory and praises to God for this wonderful exploit toward his own creature especially the sons of men using the African way of greetings “Adieu Baba” to qualify thanking God.

WRITER/PUBLISHER: ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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