HURDLES

Call it a day

When the duties are executed accordingly

The stops over to seek

And the Stability of men

 

Are tested in hard times

Then you can prove your worth

When jesting is like prayer

And a laughing stock is coming forth

 

To derail the pressing steps

I mean you are a stallion

That can never be beaten down unexpectedly

When circulated with gist of mockery

 

Trying to climb

Is going contrary to Stallion’s stroll

But do you mind the saying?

That deter the moving moment?

 

That is a wasted effort!

And effortless is the result of shame

Can you buy time to jump through?

The hurdles set against you?

 

And become what you are expected

But the Reality is a disease

When not pursued with zeal and ego

But can you bring to pass?

 

 

The sayings of the just?

Towards the Stallion’s progress?

And make impart to you generation?

Now is the right time

 

Arise and shine

For your light has come

Because the glory of God has risen upon you

To create inevitable remark

 

Upon humanity and serenity

Thank God for your gift

And aspiration

To be the one

 

That meets up with demands

Of Divinity and stability

Mighty is God

And Excellency is His mercy and grace

 

Towards His creature

Says the stallion Angel

Peace to humanity

And peace to divinity

 

Peace to all involved

For divinity has come to be

 

DESCRIPTION: This is a descriptive poem, that pin points a man’s experience in a hard time; considering the narrative, it is a Ballad hyperbolic poem, where the poet is trying to express an ugly experience in a mild way or form. Looking at the poem critically, we can able to see that the hurdle as obstacles the poet narrated; but it is not an easy encounter to the Hero.  Let us begin by stanza to enumerate the quartet:

 

From line 1-4: The poet is painting the picture of well executed job, but it is not an easy one to the person that accomplished it. He goes further to explain how faithful and united they jointly in effort to accomplish such task as men of integrity.

 

From line 5-8: The poet continues to paint the picture that it is in hard times like this, that real men are determined by their effort indeed. Especially when mockery and Jesting are coming as teasing period because of the outfit of a small scale business or new venture that looks famine. These forms the embodiment of the laughing stocks. But who can stand to withstand such opposition and create a good record? “The men” is the answer.

 

From line 9-12: The poet continues with descriptive adjective to such person that has accomplished such demands, by saying “who can hinder the pressing step of a Stallion?”. Describing the person in quote as a stallion that cannot be beaten down, especially when surrounded with gist of mockery as a material to bring one down or discouragement gossip or jesting.

 

From line 13-16:  The poet says  “that the pace of a stallion is like strolling “ but he is hitting a mark with focus, but trying to climb without focus is like going against the stallion’s movement. The poet says but would one begin to give attention to the laughing stocks and mockery that is opposing the present moving moment of the stallion?

 

From line 17-20: The poet start by saying that it is a wasted effort to give attention to such allegations; and not making effort towards a designated direction with focus is the result of shameful condition. The poet begins with a rhetorical question like “Can’t you buy time to jump through?”, “The hurdles set against you”? Trying to paint the picture that there is no room for dull moment in affairs of destiny.

 

From line 21-24: The poet continues with aroma of no dull moment in destiny affairs, and says that when you might have played your part on hard-work, you will become what you are expected to be; because reality is a disease when you don’t make effort to pursue them with zeal and ego. But the poet still throw a question like “Who can bring to pass?”  “What is written already?”

 

From line 25-28: Then, still on what is written like in the Holy Bible 2 chronicle 20:20, the poet continues to ask rhetoric questions like “who can bring the saying of the Just”? “To wards the stallion’s progress?” So that he can make a great impart to one’s generation? The poet says “Now is the right time to create great impart”.

 

From line 29-32: The Poet says that the Hero should arise and shine, for his light is on and the glory of God has risen upon him to do so by creating an inevitable remark upon destinies of humanity and serenity.

 

From line 33-36: The poet begins with appreciation to ward’s the Hero’s gift of impartation on humanity as well as his aspirations to do so. By becoming the one to meet up with such demands;

 

From line 37-40: The poet begins to liken such demands as divine assignment and stable assignment to humanity.  The poet also express his appreciation to almighty God for making such opportunity available and possible by saying “Mighty is God” and “excellency is His mercy” towards His creatures.

 

From line 41-46: The Poet said that these appreciation comes from the  Stallion’s guarding Angel who extends his peace to humanity and divinity as well as to all that is involved because divinity has come to prevail in affairs of men.

 

WRITTEN BY:

 

ONYIA EMEKA HEATH

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