Second Chance To Life
*"A SECOND CHANCE TO LIFE"*
He stared at death eye ball to eyeballs
With subtle glance as he tried to take him away
Whispering his routine rituals as he drag the soul of his body
He lay still, lifeless with a smile
I'm gone forever he muttered
From another ward appears the doctor
In a cold voice he announces
We've lost him
Inconsolable tears bathed the wife and mother
All ripped and torn apart
A strange lady came by his death bed
Sobbingly regretting the pregnancy she had
I haven't told him he's the father
She was one of his short corner shots
Not far away are group of gossip
Exchanging words of stories of life they know nothing about.
Oh it's really the end, he stroll across the room
Saw one lamenting in pain, asking for death to take him away
Who told you death was an escape from pain
To his left , a family rejoicing of a new birth into this troubled world
He said to himself another have been sent to into this journey
He went to his house to find his wife with a bowl of rich delicacy
Is the mourning over so soon?
I can't live without you is already eating
Less than three hours after his death
This made him shed little tears.
Let's just say the dead also cries
With thoughts of his lovely friends
Must be devastated by the news of my death
I have to find a way to console them
Let's just say the dead also cares
Straight to his friends house
Only to see them soaked on drums of wines
Haven't they learnt anything
The recklessness I lived that got me here
Why so much in a hurry to cross the life line
To his workplace the loyal colleagues
Greeted with shock and surprised
The work never pauses nor stops
On his desk another is seated
For the job I gave my all of me
The workaholic, the ever serious
Maybe that was the cause of his death
In death, he got tired of the life he lived
How he searched for wealth without caring for his health
How he took everybody important but himself
How reckless he lived thinking he was enjoying
The devastation his loss have caused
And how early the living tends to forget the dead.
Cardiac monitor gave a mysterious beep
Beep to two hundred and increase to two-fifty
That was the sound that woke him up
Miracle in ward eleven
The medical team trying to resuscitate him
A once dead soul referred to as a body
He has been gone for fifteen minutes
Pulse returned and the dead has a second chance
This is the story of the man who saw his death.
(Reworked)
CONCEPTUAL FM
Credit ~Leaking_Penn
Copyright © Olufemi Oloye | Year Posted 2022
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