Lyrics

An Octava Rima

Titled: A Child Not a Bean:

I didn't ask to be born or be had
Escape did I think and not to be seen
Do not take away him, my mom and dad
He lays still in sleep, a child not a bean
I have tales so long but it is as bad
Of life, death, wealth, strength, on which shall I lean
An abyss reigns my heart where darkness dwells
But he does know indeed, in him I swell

Samuel Hope Uchechukwu
Poet