EDUCATION

 

We saw how catastrophic it was in those days
We saw how catatonic ignorance had its ways
Brains were doomed in gloom
Ignorance took over the warp and woof
As it mortified man, hand and foot.

Hearts got rusted, feelings gutted and intellect was wasted
Life was raped, thinking maimed and human development halted
Men were living in the night
The night was deep and numb
As in the tomb, pitch-black
It deepens after each lightening flash.
Ignorance indeed is a night,
but night without moon and stars.

I saw education come with its beauty
And intellect, an internal quality
To imbue man with a sense of dignity
Cum knowledge, and sheer sagacity
Education charms the eye and fascinates imagination
Uplifts the soul and rekindles the spirit
Garnishes life and embellishes its limits
Nourishes the brain and gives satisfaction
Education is surely the way out of poverty
Assesses the past and improves upon it
Changes animals into humans as a faculty
It is an ornament in prosperity
And an ally in adversity and refuge for a non-entity.




 An admonishing to everyone alike
There’s one thing that keeps you alive,
Constant learning that enriches the mind
Cause it’s one thing the mind cannot exhaust
Cause it’s one thing the mind cannot destruct
Never do without, never be spoilt nor distrust
The educated differ from the uneducated
As much as the living differ from the dead.