This poem by Poetry Delight's newest contributor will get you thinking! It challenges you to think beyond the material entanglements that hold back our spiritual progress -  "Man is not his money, Man is not his poverty, Man is not his race or colour". Enjoy!

FORGIVE ME

Observing the Spiritual literary drama

before the throne of Judgment,

I realized man is born poor

'coz I saw men who blamed death

for the cause of their woes

I saw men whose gold could not save them from the tearing whips of the devil

I saw you too, that poor man, who unconsciously stammered as his life was played back to him

I witnessed scenes of shock 

as God made sign languages

in a battlefield with "dumb" actors

I saw that minor miss eternity

I bowed in shame to that woman

who said paradise was sin

as she could not live life to its fullest

I  was amazed at the cost of the moralists

as they sunk in deep burns of unquenchable fire

But also, I saw some of these walk the narrow road.

 

To this, 

Man is not his money

Man is not his poverty

Man is not his race or colour

Man is what you were

When God says you are

In the after-life.

 

Copyright © 03-06-2016

Michael KwakuKesse Somuah

About author:

Michael is a vibrant African poet who lives in Ghana.

The International Poetry Congresses and Festivals has included his poetry presentations and writings in its programs. He is a multi award-winning poet and has participated in Poetry events, readings and performances in and out of Ghana, including Greece, Cyprus, South Africa, Canada, India, Holland, Paris-France etc. Michael has been voted as one of the top twenty “coolest” individuals of repute under 30 years in Africa by Celebrity fashion magazine Glitz Africa, Issue 20 in 2013.